Seasonable truths in evil-times in several sermons / lately preached in and about London

A third man he is weak indeed, but he is able to go abroad, and he goes to the Physicians house for his counsel and direction. I pray, which of all these three men are the most healthy? surely, you will say, the latter is more healthy then the second, and the second more then the third. Beloved, there are these three sorts of people, one that when spiritual Physic is brought to them, they spit in the Physicians face, and they will have none. Others they are not so bad, but yet notwithstanding they keep their beds, as it were, and do not go forth for counsel.

A third man he is weak indeed, but he is able to go abroad, and he goes to the Physitians house for his counsel and direction. I pray, which of all these three men are the most healthy? surely, you will say, the latter is more healthy then the second, and the second more then the third. Beloved, there are these three sorts of people, one that when spiritual Physick is brought to them, they spit in the Physitians face, and they will have none. Others they are not so bad, but yet notwithstanding they keep their beds, as it were, and do not go forth for counsel.

But there is a third sort of sinners, that finding their souls ill at ease, they can go forth for counsel, and go out for admonition, and go out for reprehension. It may be that all these three conditions have past over some of you: you can remember the time when you did kick and fling, and spit in the Physicians face, as it were, and you would none at all; afterwards you lay more still, but yet sate, and did not stir out: I but now you are able God be thanked to go out to the Physician, or to such and such Saints, and to open your condition before them; Oh thus it's with me, Oh thus it's with me! come, lay on some Admonition, or lay on some healing Plaster, some Reprehension, some Consolation; good Sir pity me; and the like. Now this argues more health then before.

But there is a third sort of sinners, that finding their souls ill at ease, they can go forth for counsel, and go out for admonition, and go out for reprehension. It may be that all these three conditions have past over some of you: you can remember the time when you did kick and fling, and spit in the Physicians face, as it were, and you would none at all; afterwards you lay more still, but yet sate, and did not stir out: I but now you are able God be thanked to go out to the Physician, or to such and such Saints, and to open your condition before them; Oh thus it's with me, Oh thus it's with me! come, lay on some Admonition, or lay on some healing Plaister, some Reprehension, some Consolation; good Sir pitie me; and the like. Now this argues more health then before.