Come & welcome to Jesus Christ, or, A plain and profitable discourse upon the…

If God will deal more gently with thee, than with others of his Children, grudge not at it: Refuse not the Waters that go softly, lest he bring upon thee the Waters of the Rivers, strong and many; even these two smoking Fire-brands, the Devil, and Guilt of Sin; Isa. 8. 6, 7. He said to Peter, Follow me: And what Thunder did Zacheus hear or see? Zacheus, come down, said Christ; and he came down (says Luke) and Received him Joyfully.

If God will deal more gently with thee, than with others of his Children, grudge not at it: Refuse not the Waters that go softly, lest he bring upon thee the Waters of the Rivers, strong and many; even these two smoaking Fire-brands, the Devil, and Guilt of Sin; Isa. 8. 6, 7. He said to Peter, Follow me: And what Thunder did Zacheus hear or see? Zacheus, come down, said Christ; and he came down (sayes Luke) and Received him Joyfully.

But had Peter, or Zacheus, made the Objection that thou hast made; and Directed the Spirit of the Lord, as thou hast done; they might have looked long enough, before they had found themselves coming to Jesus Christ.

Besides, I will tell thee; That the greatness of Sense of Sin, the hideous Roarings of the Devil, yea, and abundance ⟨p. 225⟩of Revelations, will not prove that God is bringing the Soul to Jesus Christ: As Balaam, Cain, Judas, and others can witness.