The dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in several treatisesThe dead saint speaking to saints and sinners living in severall treatises

And hither you must come at last. Free-Grace must be owned; Free-Mercy must be acknowledged, and advanced by you; if ever you would be saved; if ever you would be comforted.

And hither you must come at last. Free-Grace must bee owned; Free-Mercy must bee acknowledged, and advanced by you; if ever you would bee saved; if ever you would bee comforted.

You m•y think what you will; but sure I am, 1. There are no Christians more cheerful. 2. None are more thankful. 3. None are more humble. 4. None are more believing. 5. None are more active. 6. None are more courageous. 7. None more serviceable and useful toward God and men, than they, who lye continually at the breast of the promise; than they, ⟨p. 94⟩who set up Gods Free-Grace; and own that good which God makes out to them.

You m•y think what you will; but sure I am, 1. There are no Christians more chearfull. 2. None are more thankfull. 3. None are more humble. 4. None are more beleeving. 5. None are more active. 6. None are more couragious. 7. None more serviceable and usefull toward God and men, than they, who lye continually at the breast of the promise; than they, ⟨p. 94⟩who set up Gods Free-Grace; and own that good which God makes out to them.

Thou mayest be a Christian; but thou wilt be a sad Christian, an uncomfortable Christian, a dark Christian, a deserted Christian, a dead Christian, an unserviceable Christian: if thou dost go on to feed upon black thoughts; and wilt not own that comfort which Christ tenders; embrace that good which Christ speaks, and believe the Riches of his Grace and Mercy to poor sinners.