A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed showing wherein its enmity…A treatise of death, the last enemy to be destroyed shewing wherein its enmity…

Quest. 4. Moreover art thou not truly willing to yield to all the terms of grace? Thou hast heard of the yoke and burden of Christ, and of the conditions of the Gospel, on which peace is offered to the sinful world: and what Christ requireth of such as will be his Disciples. What saith thy heart now to those terms? Do they seem so hard and grievous to thee, that thou wilt venture thy soul in thy state of sin, rather then accept of them? If this were so, thou hadst yet no part in Christ indeed. But if there be nothing that Christ requireth of thee, that is not desirable in thy eyes: or which thou dost not stick at, so far as to turn away from him, and forsake him, and refuse his Covenant and grace rather then submit to such conditions, thou art then in ⟨p. 181⟩Covenant with him, and the blessings of the Covenant belong to thee. Canst thou think that Christ hath purchased, and offered, and promised that which he will not give? Hath he sent forth his Ministers, and commanded them to make the motion in his name, and to invite and and compel men to come in, and to beseech them to be reconciled to God, and that yet he is unwilling to accept thee when thou dost consent? If Christ had been unwilling, he had not so dearly made the way, nor begun as a suitor to thy soul, nor so diligently sought thee as he hath done. If the blessings of the Covenant are thine, then Heaven is thine, which is the chiefest blessing: And if they be not thine, it is not because Christ is unwilling, but because thou art unwilling of his blessings on his terms: Nothing can deprive thee of them but thy refusal: ⟨p. 182⟩Know therefore assuredly, whether thou dost consent thy self to the terms of Christ, and whether thou art truly willing that he be thy Saviour; and if thy conscience bear thee faithful witness, that it is so, dishonour not Christ then so far as to question, whether he be willing, who hath done so much to put it out of doubt. The stop is at thy will, & not at his. If thou know that thou art willing, thou mayest know that Christ & his benefits are thine. And if thou be not willing, what makes thee wish, and groan, and pray, and labour in the use of means? Is it not for Christ and his benefits that thy heart thus worketh, and thou dost all this? Fear not then if thy own hand be to the Covenant, it is most certain that the hand of Christ is at it.

Quest. 4. Moreover art thou not truly willing to yield to all the terms of grace? Thou hast heard of the yoak and burden of Christ, and of the conditions of the Gospel, on which peace is offered to the sinfull world: and what Christ requireth of such as will be his Disciples. What saith thy heart now to those terms? Do they seem so hard and grievous to thee, that thou wilt venture thy soul in thy state of sin, rather then accept of them? If this were so, thou hadst yet no part in Christ indeed. But if there be nothing that Christ requireth of thee, that is not desirable in thy eyes: or which thou dost not stick at, so far as to turn away from him, and forsake him, and refuse his Covenant and grace rather then submit to such conditions, thou art then in