And I pray you deal plainly with your hearts, and tell me, you careless sinners, young or old, that sit here as quietly as i• all were well with you; If you did but know that you are at this hour unregenerate, and that without Regeneration there i• is no Salvation; If you did but know that you are yet carnal and unholy, and tha• without Holiness none shall see God; If yo• did but know that you are yet in a stat• ⟨p. 209⟩of Enmity to God while you call him Father, and of Enmity to Christ while you call him your Saviour, and of Enmity to the Holy Spirit while you call him your sanctifier; If you did but know that your sins are unpardoned, and your souls unjustified, and that you are condemned already, and shall certainly be damned if you die as you are, could you live quietly in such a state? Could you sleep, and eat and drink quietly, and follow your trades, and let time run on, without repenting and returning unto God, if you knew that you are past hope, if death surprise you in this condition? For the Lords sake Sirs, rouse up your selves a little, and be serious in a business that concerneth you more then ten thousand natural lives, and tell me, or rather tell your selves, If you did but know that while you sit here, you are unrenewed, and therefore under the curse of God, and in the bondage of the Devil, and are hasting towards perdition, and are gone for ever, if you be not sanctified and made new creatures before you die; could you then put off this Sermon with a sleepy careless hearing, and go home and talk of common matters, and no more mind it, as you have done by Sermons until now? Could ⟨p. 210⟩you forbear going alone and there bethinking your selves, O what a sinful, dreadful condition are we in! What will become of us if we be not regenerate before we die! Had we no Understandings? no Hearts? no life or sense? that we have lingered so long, and lived so carelessly in such a state? O where had we been now if we had died unregenerate! How near have we been oft to Death? how many sicknesses might have put an end to life and hope? Had any of them cut off the slender thread that our lives have hanged on so long, and had we died before this day, we had been new in Hell without remedy. Could any of you that knew this to be your case, forbear to betake your selves to God, and cry to him in the bitterness of your souls, [O Lord, what Rebels, what wretches have we been?
And I pray you deal plainly with your hearts, and tell me, you careless sinners, young or old, that sit here as quietly as i• all were well with you; If you did but know that you are at this hour unregenerate, and that without Regeneration there i• is no Salvation; If you did but know that you are yet carnal and unholy, and tha• without Holiness none shall see God; If yo• did but know that you are yet in a stat• ⟨p. 209⟩of Enmity to God while you call him Father, and of Enmity to Christ while you call him your Saviour, and of Enmity to the Holy Spirit while you call him your sanctifyer; If you did but know that your sins are unpardoned, and your souls unjustified, and that you are condemned already, and shall certainly be damned if you die as you are, could you live quietly in such a state? Could you sleep, and eat and drink quietly, and follow your trades, and let time run on, without repenting and returing unto God, if you knew that you are past hope, if death surprize you in this condition? For the Lords sake Sirs, rouze up your selves a little, and be serious in a business that concerneth you more then ten thousand natural lives, and tell me, or rather tell your selves, If you did but know that while you sit here, you are unrenewed, and therefore under the curse of God, and in the bondage of the Devil, and are hasting towards perdition, and are gone for ever, if you be not sanctified and made new creatures before you die; could you then put off this Sermon with a sleepy careless hearing, and go home and talk of common matters, and no more mind it, as you have done by Sermons untill now? Could ⟨p. 210⟩you forbear going alone and there bethinking your selves, O what a sinful, dreadfull condition are we in! What will become of us if we be not regenerate before we die! Had we no Ʋnderstandings? no Hearts? no life or sense? that we have lingered so long, and lived so carelesly in such a state? O where had we been now if we had died unregenerate! How near have we been oft to Death? how many sicknesses might have put an end to life and hope? Had any of them cut off the slender thread that our lives have hanged on so long, and had we died before this day, we had been new in Hell without remedy. Could any of you that knew this to be your case, forbear to betake your selves to God, and cry to him in the bitterness of your souls, [O Lord, what Rebells, what wretches have we been?
