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

First, It is that sin, above all others, that hath some show of reason in its attempts. For it keeps the Soul from Christ, by pretending its present unfitness, and unpreparedness; as want of more sense of sin, want of more repentance, want of more humility, want of a more broken heart.

First, It is that sin, above all others, that hath some shew of reason in its attempts. For it keeps the Soul from Christ, by pretending its present unfitness, and unpreparedness; as want of more sense of sin, want of more repentance, want of more humility, want of a more broken heart.

Secondly, It is the sin, that most Suiteth with the Conscience: the Conscience of the coming sinner, tells him that he hath nothing good, that he stands indictable for Ten Thousand Talents; that he is a very ignorant, blind, and hardhearted ⟨p. 265⟩sinner, unworthy to be once taken notice of by Jesus Christ: And will you (says Unbelief) in such a case as you now are, presume to come to Jesus Christ?

Secondly, It is the sin, that most Suiteth with the Conscience: the Conscience of the coming sinner, tells him that he hath nothing good, that he stands inditable for Ten Thousand Tallents; that he is a very ignorant, blind, and hardhearted ⟨p. 265⟩sinner, unworthy to be once taken notice of by Jesus Christ: And will you (says Unbelief) in such a case as you now are, presume to come to Jesus Christ?

Thirdly, It is the sin that most Suiteth with our Sense of feeling. The coming sinner, feels the workings of sin, of all manner of sin, and wretchedness, in his flesh: He also feels the Wrath, and Judgement of God due to sin, and oft-times staggers under it: Now, says unbelief, you may see you have no grace, for that which works in you, is corruption; You may also perceive, that God doth not love you, because the Sense of his Wrath abides upon you: Therefore how can you bear the face to come to Jesus Christ?