2. And the condition is not any thing ••reasonable, but your own consent. Christ and salvation are offered to your choice: If you will but prefer them before the trifles of the world, you may have them. The door of Grace is open to you as well as to others; if you will but enter you may live: you are not left in a remediless case, nor given over to desperation: you cannot say, [Repenting and Believing will do us no good; we cannot have Christ though we were never so willing:] You cannot say, [We would fain have ⟨p. 62⟩Christ and his Spirit to sanctify us, but we cannot: we are willing to be his Disciples, but he is not willing to accept us, and to be our Saviour] you cannot say so, and say truly: you cannot say he is set to sale to you, and that he expecteth such a price as you are unable to give; for you are called to take him freely; and though this be sometimes called buying, yet it is a buying without money and without price, Isa. 55. 1; 2, 3, 4. And though you must sell all you have for this unvaluable pearl, Matth. 13. 46. yet that is but a Metaphorical selling, a parting with your sin and fleshly pleasure, as troubles and impediments that would keep you from salvation: As a sick man sells his diseases for health; or at least, as he hath health by forbearing some hurtful things that please him: Or as a prisoner purchaseth the liberty that is freely given him, by consenting to come forth and cast off his fetters. Your hands are full of dirt, and God offers you gold, and you cannot receive it till you throw away the dirt. This is your Purchase: You give God nothing as a valuable price for his mercy, but you throw away the sin that is inconsistent with your happiness. Still I shall tell you, [you may have Christ if you will] pleasures and profits are flattering you to your destruction, and God calls you from them, and offereth you his son and everlasting life, and entreateth you to accept them. And here you have your choice. The offer is, whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely▪ Rev. 22. 17. And if you will but choose that happiness that is offered you, and Christ the way to that happiness, all the world cannot bereave you of your choice: It is brought to your hand and urged on you. You have now your choice, whether you will have Christ or the flesh, grace or sin, heaven or hell: As you choose, so you shall have:
2. And the condition is not any thing ••reasonable, but your own consent. Christ and salvation are offered to your choice: If you will but prefer them before the trifles of the world, you may have them. The door of Grace is open to you as well as to others; if you will but enter you may live: you are not left in a remediless case, nor given over to desperation: you cannot say, [Repenting and Believing will do us no good; we cannot have Christ though we were never so willing:] You cannot say, [We would fain have ⟨p. 62⟩Christ and his Spirit to s•nctifie us, but we cannot: we are willing to be his Disciples, but he is not willing to accept us, and to be our Saviour] you cannot say so, and say truly: you cannot say he is set to sale to you, and that he expecteth such a price as you are unable to give; for you are called to take him freely; and though this be sometimes called buying, yet it is a buying without money and without price, Isa. 55. 1; 2, 3, 4. And though you must sell all you have for this unvaluable pearl, Matth. 13. 46. yet that is but a Metaphorical selling, a parting with your sin and fleshly pleasure, as troubles and impediments that would keep you from salvation: As a sick man sells his diseases for health; or at least, as he hath health by forbearing some hurtful things that please him: Or as a prisoner purchaseth the liberty that is freely given him, by consenting to come forth and cast off his fetters. Your hands are full of dirt, and God offers you gold, and you cannot receive it till you throw away the dirt. This is your Purchase: You give God nothing as a valuable price for his mercy, but you throw away the sin that is inconsistent with your happiness. Still I shall tell you, [you may have Christ if you will] pleasures and profits are flattering you to your destruction, and God calls you from them, and offereth you his son and everlasting life, and intreateth you to accept them. And here you have your choice. The offer is, whosoever will, let him take of the water of life freely▪ Rev. 22. 17. And if you will but chuse that happiness that is offered you, and Christ the way to that happiness, all the world cannot bereave you of your choice: It is brought to your hand and urged on you. You have now your choice, whether you will have Christ or the flesh, grace or sin, heaven or hell: As you chuse, so you shall have:
