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Fifteenthly, That soul that dares not say that his condition is good, yet can say in truth of heart before the Lord, ⟨p. 201⟩that he would not change his condition with the vain, carnal, formal and profane men of the world, for ten thousand worlds; that man is certainly for heaven, and heaven is certainly for that man: we may be very highly, and groundedly confident, that God will never cast that man to hell among devils and damned spirits at the great day, who in his day of life would not choose to be in the condition of the men of the world, for as many worlds as there be men in the world. Look, as none meet in heaven, but such as are like to like in their renewed natures, principles and practises; so none meet in hell but such as are like to like in their old natures,¹ principles and practises. That God that would not suffer an Ox to be yoked with an Ass in this world; nor a Believer with an Infidel; will never suffer such to be yoked with devils and damned reprobates in that lower world, who would not to gain many worlds be willingly yoked with wicked men in this world; certainly they shall never be a Christians companions in that other world, whose society and company, and whose wickedness and baseness have been a grief, a torment, a hell to him in this world, Psal. 119.53, 136. Jer. 9.1, 2. Ezek. 9.4, 6. 2 Pet. 2.7, 8. When Mrs. Katherine Brettergh was upon her dying bed, and most grievously assaulted by temptations; in the midst of her sore conflicts, this was no small support and comfort to her, That surely God would not send her to hell to live for ever among such wicked persons, whose company and whose sin was a burden to her in this world, &c. But,

Fifteenthly, That soul that dares not say that his condition is good, yet can say in truth of heart before the Lord, ⟨p. 201⟩