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

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.

Further; Consider, that what thou hast not of these things now, thou mayst have another time, and that to thy Distraction: Wherefore, instead of being discontent, because thou art not in the Fire, because thou hearest not the Sound of the Trumpet, and Alarm of War; Pray, that thou enter not into Temptation: Yea, come boldly to the Throne of Grace, and obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in that time of need; Psal. 88. 15. Matth. 26. 40, 41. Heb. 4. 16.

Further; Consider, that what thou hast not of these things now, thou mayst have another time, and that to thy Distraction: Wherefore, instead of being discontent, because thou art not in the Fire, because thou hearest not the Sound of the Trumpet, and Alarum of War; Pray, that thou enter not into Temptation: Yea, come boldly to the Throne of Grace, and obtain Mercy, and find Grace to help in that time of need;