The divine life in three treatises

1. You must be either saved or damned by him; either Glorified with Him, or punished by Him to everlasting: And it is Now that the matter must be determined, which of the two conditions you must be in: You must Now obtain your title to Heaven, if ever you will come thither: You must Now procure your deliverance from Hell fire, if ever you will escape it. Now it is that all that must be done, upon which the scales must turn for your salvation or damnation: And you know this work is principally to be done between you and God, who alone can save you or destroy you; and yet do you forget him, and live as if you had no business with him, when you have your salvation to obtain from him, and your damnation to prevent? Have you such business as this with any other?

1. You must be either saved or damned by him; either Glorified with Him, or punished by Him to everlasting: And it is Now that the matter must be determined, which of the two conditions you must be in: You must Now obtain your title to Heaven, if ever you will come thither: You must Now procure your deliverance from Hell fire, if ever you will escape it. Now it is that all that must be done, upon which the scales must turn for your salvation or damnation: And you know this work is principally to be done between you and God, who alone can save you or destroy you; and yet do you forget him, and live as if you had no business with him, when you have your salvation to •btain from him, and your damnation to prevent? Have you such business as this with any other?

2. You have a strict and righteous Judgement to undergo, in ⟨p. 197⟩order to this salvation or damnation. You must stand before the Holy Majesty, and be judged by the Governor of the World: you must be there accused, and found guilty or not guilty; and judged as fulfillers or as breakers of the holy Covenant of Grace: you must be set on the right hand or on the left: you must answer for all the time that you here spent, and for all the means and mercies which you here received, and for that you have done, whether it were good or evil: And it is now in this life that all your preparation must be made, and all that must be done, upon which your justification or condemnation will then depend. And it is between God and you that all this business must be done: And yet can you live as negligently towards him, as if you had no business with him?