Yea, and yet further, let me tell you this, that while you have heard the word of God by a poor minister, in the name of Christ to call you unto him, to draw you to come unto him, if you shall reject this invitation, and other invitations, that you have by the ministers of the Gospel, know that of all the sins that ever you committed in all your lives, this will prove to be the greatest, that you have stood out against this invitation, it is that that will aggravate all your sins. It may be some of you may think, well, this is an encouragement to sinners, we are called to Christ, and we are told, that the vilest may come to him, and Christ will receive them. This is well, but yet if thou wilt reject this invitation, and shalt yet let out thy heart to other vanities, and to the satisfying of thy sinful lusts, this I say, this invitation of Jesus Christ, will be the greatest aggravation of all thy sins that ever thou Committedst in all thy life, thy whoredom, thy drunkenness, thy swearing, all thy sabbath breaking, will not be so heavy upon thee, will not be so deep upon the score as one rejection of Jesus Christ calling thee to come to him, and therefore take heed of abusing the grace of Christ in calling you to come to him. For know, if there could be any sign given to know who are Reprobates and who not, I would rather pitch upon this sign, one that should go away after the grace of God is opened to him, and he invited to come to Christ, one that should go away notwithstanding hardened in sin, I say, I should rather pitch upon this than any other sign. There is no sin hardeneth the heart of God more than this. I will give you one Scripture for this. In Luke. 14.16, 17. When God as the master of the great feast, sends his servants and invites men to come to the wedding, that is in truth to do that that I have been doing all this while to invite poor sinners to come to Christ. Now divers make excuses, some had ⟨p. 175⟩bought oxen, others had bought farms, and others had married Wives, well, mark (at the 24. verse) the doom of those that did not come in upon their invitation, Verily (saith God) those men that were bidden shall never taste of my supper, What! saith God, to his servants, have ye invited them to come in, and will they not?
Yea, and yet further, let me tel you this, that while you have heard the word of God by a poor minister, in the name of Christ to cal you unto him, to draw you to come unto him, if you shal reject this invitation, and other invitations, that you have by the ministers of the Gospel, know that of al the sins that ever you committed in al your lives, this wil prove to be the greatest, that you have stood out against this invitation, it is that that wil aggravate al your sins. It may be some of you may think, wel, this is an incouragment to sinners, we are called to Christ, and we are tould, that the vilest may come to him, and Christ wil receive them. This is wel, but yet if thou wilt reject this invitation, and shalt yet let out thy heart to other vanities, and to the satisfying of thy sinful lusts, this I say, this invitation of Jesus Christ, wil be the greatest aggravation of al thy sins that ever thou Committedst in al thy life, thy whoredome, thy drunkenness, thy swearing, al thy sabbath breaking, wil not be so heavy upon thee, wil not be so deep upon the score as one rejection of Jesus Christ calling thee to come to him, and therefore take heed of abusing the grace of Christ in calling you to come to him. For know, if there could be any sign given to know who are Reprobates and who not, I would rather pitch upon this signe, one that should go away after the grace of God is opened to him, and he invited to come to Christ, one that should go away notwithstanding hardned in sin, I say, I should rather pitch upon this than any other signe. There is no sin hardeneth the heart of God more than this. I wil give you one Scripture for this. In Luke. 14.16, 17. When God as the master of the great feast, sends his servants and invites men to come to the wedding, that is in truth to do that that I have been doing al this while to invite poor sinners to come to Christ. Now divers make excuses, some had ⟨p. 175⟩bouhgt oxen, others had bought farmes, and others had married Wives, wel, marke (at the 24. verse) the doom of those that did not come in upon their invitation, Verily (saith God) those men that were bidden shall never taste of my supper, What! saith God, to his servants, have ye invited them to come in, and wil they not?
