Answ. But hast thou any ground to doubt them? are they not written in thy Bible? and art thou not certain that it is the word of God? or hast thou not sufficient reason to believe it to be so? But hast thou not a whole Nation, yea Nations that do believe the same? and before this age, did not our Fathers, and Grandfathers, and great Grandfathers, and so continued a testimony of ages from the time that they were done, to this day, witness to the truth of them, and that ⟨p. 113⟩so unanimously & resolutely that ten thousands have rather chosen to lose their lives, than the truth of them. Now put all these together, and tell me, canst thou doubt? Away, I see thou dost but trifle; confess the truth, or I am resolved to heed thee no longer. Come, take and embrace that crucified Jesus, account all things else but as loss, and dross, and dung in comparison with him; stick not at his outward meanness, scruple not at his ignominious dying, it is the very Christ the Saviour of the world. Oh why shouldest thou thus torment me? Dost thou not see all thy fellow-Christians to glory in that Cross, and in that Christ that died on it? Do they not bear it as a badge of honour, and shall it be to thee as shame? Do not all the Christian World eat and drink as often as they can the Symbols of this their dying Lord? And do they not all sing, and joy, and triumph in it? and wilt thou the while lye vexing thy self over a company of needless fears and scruples? Farewell all needless doubts and tormenting questions, I see my faith is built on a Rock, blow winds, beat waves, ⟨p. 114⟩you cannot now move me. Blessed God I thank thee, for thy Son, thou hast given his life for the spoiler, thou hast bowed his back to the enemies, long furrows have they ploughed upon it, and the day of his calamity they laughed at. Lord: thou hast wounded him for my sins, and bruised him for my iniquities. These speak the depth of thy counsels, and the ways of thy mercy past finding out, and the tenderness of thy bowels. Thou hast made him my Rock, and my shield, and my strong tower, and in the day of my sorrow through him thou wilt hear me. To thee, O God, will I make my vows, and to thee will I pay them; I will humble my self before thee. I will always lye at the feet of my Redeemer. Lord!
Answ. But hast thou any ground to doubt them? are they not written in thy Bible? and art thou not certain that it is the word of God? or hast thou not sufficient reason to believe it to be so? But hast thou not a whole Nation, yea Nations that do believe the same? and before this age, did not our Fathers, and Grandfathers, and great Grandfathers, and so continued a testimony of ages from the time that they were done, to this day, witness to the truth of them, and that ⟨p. 113⟩so unanimously & resolutely that ten thousands have rather chosen to lose their lives, than the truth of them. Now put all these together, and tell me, canst thou doubt? Away, I see thou dost but trifle; consess the truth, or I am resolved to heed thee no longer. Come, take and embrace that crucified Jesus, account all things else but as loss, and dross, and dung in comparison with him; stick not at his outward meanness, scruple not at his ignominious dying, it is the very Christ the Saviour of the world. Oh why shouldest thou thus torment me? Dost thou not see all thy fellow-Christians to glory in that Cross, and in that Christ that died on it? Do they not bear it as a badge of honour, and shall it be to thee as shame? Do not all the Christian World eat and drink as often as they can the Symbols of this their dying Lord? And do they not all sing, and joy, and triumph in it? and wilt thou the while lye vexing thy self over a company of needless fears and scruples? Farewell all needless doubts and tormenting questions, I see my faith is built on a Rock, blow winds, beat waves, ⟨p. 114⟩you cannot now move me. Blessed God I thank thee, for thy Son, thou hast given his life for the spoiler, thou hast bowed his back to the enemies, long furrows have they plowed upon it, and the day of his calamity they laughed at. Lord: thou hast wounded him for my sins, and bruised him for my iniquities. These speak the depth of thy counsels, and the ways of thy mercy past finding out, and the tenderness of thy bowels. Thou hast made him my Rock, and my shield, and my strong tower, and in the day of my sorrow through him thou wilt hear me. To thee, O God, will I make my vows, and to thee will I pay them; I will humble my self before thee. I will always lye at the feet of my Redeemer. Lord!
