Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

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First, Certainly, except thou hast laid down all thy weapons of war, and enmity against God, thou art not yet at peace with him. And canst thou in the uprightness of thy heart appeal thus unto God? Lord, thou knowest there's no weapon of enmity against thee in my heart that ever I have taken notice of, but I have been willing, and shall be willing to lay it down, and God forbid that ever there should be the least weapon of war found in my heart against God. Every known sin in ⟨p. 42⟩thee is a weapon of warfare against God, and though thou shouldest lay down many, yet if that be not laid down; if thou keepest any one known sin within thee, certainly that one sin is enough to make an eternal breach, and enmity between God, and thy soul. Now, be not at quiet, be not at rest in thy own spirit, do not sleep quietly this night, except thou canst bring thy heart to this, that thou canst go in secret between God and thy self, and say; O Lord, thou knowest I have renounced all the ways of sins that ever thou hast revealed to me, though my sins do cleave to me as close as my skin to my flesh, yet as soon as I take notice of them, as soon as thou makest them known unto me; I cry out and complain against them. As suppose in time of war, some come into your houses, and you know not at their first coming who they are: but are afterward by their Carriage, and behaviour, and by their speech you come to take notice that they are of your enemies: Now it after taking notice of them, you shall make much of them, and Cherish them, and entertain them, and supply their wants, give them Money, or Plate, or what else you have, you will be found to be an enemy to the State. But if as soon as you take notice of them, you desire them to be gone, and you do what you can to thrust them out of your doors; and if they be too strong for you, you go and complain to your neighbour, or to the Officers that are about you, and you desire them to afford you some strength to apprehend them, this cannot be charged upon you, that you are an enemy to the state, why? Because though they be in your house, yet it is full sore against your wills. And so, many men, though they entertain their Corruptions, and Cherish them, and fulfil the lusts of them, they think to put it off with this, what will you have me to do? I cannot help it: But do you complain of it?