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

First, It may stand with Gods ends, both 1 Towards the good, and they are merciful ends. 2 Towards the bad, and they are partly merciful, and partly judicial. First, It may stand with Gods ends towards the good, and they are merciful ends. ibid. & p. 270 First, That God may serve his own glory by them, for the bringing in, and building up of the godly. ibid. Secondly, God suffers unsound hearts to abound in duties, to maintain an holy jealousy and watchfulness in the hearts of his own people. p. 271 Thirdly, To make us see there is something in duty more than duty, which sets a value upon duty, and makes it of worth. ibid. Fourthly, To tell us that there are other things to be done of a Christian, than merely to pray here. p. 272 Fifthly, To make his people more solicitous, after surer, more stable, and proving evidences than these are. ibid. Secondly, As it may stand with Gods ends to the good, so it may stand with Gods ends to the bad. 1 His merciful ends. p. 273 2 His judicial ends. ibid. Secondly, It may stand also with Satan's ends, and that 1 Towards the good. p. 274 2 Towards the world. ibid. 3 Towards themselves. ibid. 1 It may stand with Satan's ends towards the good. ⟨image 12⟩1 Hereby Satan doth labour to cause Gods people to throw off the work, to desist in their way. ibid. 2 If he cannot prevail with Gods people, to throw off the work, yet he hath a second end, and that is to discourage Gods people in the work. ibid. 3 If Satan cannot prevail thus far, yet he labours by these men to scandalize the godly, to bring evil reports on all that walk in the ways of life. p. 275 You know how wicked men argue, viz. 1 Either from particulars to generals. ibid. Or 2 By the failing of the person. ibid. Secondly, It may stand with Satan's end, in respect of the world, as 1 To keep them off from entering upon the way of life. p. 276 2 To strengthen the prejudice of wicked men against the ways and people of God. ibid. 3 Hereby he hardens them in a way of sin. ibid. Thirdly, How it may stand with Satan's ends, towards themselves that thus abound in duty, and yet are unsound. ibid. 1 To aggravate their condemnation. ibid. 2 Because such men are surest his of any, and that on two grounds. ibid. 1 If he stands in that condition, he thinks he is sure enough. ibid 2 If he falls, he thinks him sure enough, because the hazard is great. p.

First, It may stand with Gods ends, both 1 Towards the good, and they are merciful ends. 2 Towards the bad, and they are partly merciful, and partly judicial. First, It may stand with Gods ends towards the good, and they are merciful ends. ibid. & p. 270 First, That God may serve his own glory by them, for the bringing in, and building up of the godly. ibid. Secondly, God suffers unsound hearts to abound in duties, to maintain an holy jealousy and watchfulnesse in the hearts of his own people. p. 271 Thirdly, To make us see there is something in duty more than duty, which sets a value upon duty, and makes it of worth. ibid. Fourthly, To tell us that there are other things to bee done of a Christian, than meerly to pray here. p. 272 Fifthly, To make his people more solicitous, after surer, more stable, and proving evidences than these are. ibid. Secondly, As it may stand with Gods ends to the good, so it may stand with Gods ends to the bad. 1 His merciful ends. p. 273 2 His judicial ends. ibid. Secondly, It may stand also with Satans ends, and that 1 Towards the good. p. 274 2 Towards the world. ibid. 3 Towards themselves. ibid. 1 It may stand with Satans ends towards the good.