Sighs from hell, or, The groans of a damned soul discovering from the 16th…

Secondly, Then if the Law thou readest of, tell thee in thy Conscience, thou must do this and the other good work of the Law, if ever thou wilt be saved. Answer plainly, that for thy part thou art resolved now not to work for life, but to believe in the virtue of that blood shed upon the Cross, upon Mount Calvary, for the remission of sins; and yet, because Christ hath justified thee freely by his Grace, thou wilt se•ve him in Holiness and Righteousness all the days of thy life, yet not in a legal Spirit, or in a Covenant of Works, but mine obedience (say thou) I will endeavour to have it free, and cheerful, out of love to my Lord Jesus.

Secondly, Then if the Law thou readest of, tell thee in thy Conscience, thou must do this and the other good work of the Law, if ever thou wilt be saved. Answer plainly, that for thy part thou art resolved now not to work for life, but to believe in the vertue of that bloud shed upon the Cross, upon Mount Calvary, for the remission of sins; and yet, because Christ hath justified thee freely by his Grace, thou wilt se•ve him in Holiness and Righteousness all the dayes of thy life, yet not in a legal Spirit, or in a Covenant of Works, but mine obedience (say thou) I will endeavour to have it free, and chearful, out of love to my Lord Jesus.

Thirdly, Have a care thou receive not this doctrine in the notion only, lest thou bring a just damnation upon thy soul, by professing thy self to be freed by Christs blood from the guilt of sin, while thou remainest still a servant to the filth of sin. For I must tell you, that unless you have the true and saving work of the Faith and Grace of the Gospel in your hearts, you will either go on in a legal Holiness, according to the tenor of the Law; or else through a notion of the Gospel (the Devil bewitching, and beguiling thy understanding, will, and affections) thou wilt Ranter▪ like, turn the Grace of God into wantonness, and bring upon thy soul, double, if not treble damnation, in that thou couldest not be contented to be damned for thy sins against the Law, but also to make ruin sure to thy soul; thou wouldest dishonour the Gospel, and turn the Grace of God held forth, and discovered to man by that, into licentiousness.