The difference between the spots of the godly and of the wicked preached

Fifthly, When a man in a sickness cannot take any thing that will stay with him: So I may say of the sin of wicked men, though thy sin doth endanger thy soul, yet there's hope if so be that, that that is given thee might stay with thee, that is, the Word, that's as the Physic for thy soul: When some seasonable truth comes, and is applied to thy soul against thy ••in, if thou canst receive in that ingrafted word, that's like to save thy soul; But, if as soon as ever thou hearest a truth that comes •ear to thee, presently thy heart casts it up, ⟨p. 52⟩and it will not abide with thee at all, it is a dangerous sign that thy sickness is a sickness unto death.

Fifthly, When a man in a sickness cannot take any thing that will stay with him: So I may say of the sin of wicked men, though thy sin doth indanger thy soul, yet there's hope if so be that, that that is given thee might stay with thee, that is, the Word, that's as the Physick for thy soul: When some seasonable truth comes, and is applyed to thy soul against thy ••in, if thou canst receive in that ingrafted word, that's like to save thy soul; But, if as soon as ever thou hearest a truth that comes •ear to thee, presently thy heart casts it up, ⟨p. 52⟩and it will not abide with thee at all, it is a dangerous sign that thy sickness is a sickness unto death.

Lastly, That's a sickness to death, that, when a man doth take that that might help him, yet if it doth not work, then I say, it is dangerous too: So, it may be you do remember the Word, and it doth abide with you a while; but there's no good at all comes of it; it works mighty changes upon others, but nothing at all upon thee: If you come to a physician in that case, and say, Sir, you did prescribe such or such a thing, I, but it works not; why, I wonder saith he, I have known it hath wrought upon such men and women, that I thought was in as desperate a condition as one could be, it wrought upon them, I, and did recover them:—So I may say to some that sit under the word, their souls are sick, and the word works not upon them; I, but it hath wrought upon others that have been as dangerously sick, why it's an Argument that their sickness was not unto death; God did not intend they should die. But if thou canst sit under the word, and it works not upon thee, it's a sign that thy sickness is unto death.