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

Secondly, if thou canst but say thus; there is no Argument that is so prevalent with me to make me not sin as this; for fear of breaking peace between God and me; this is the thing that makes my sin sting my Soul indeed: because by that I come to lose some of that sweetness of the assurance of my peace with God. Canst thou say so? keep thy heart but in such a frame (though thou hast many weaknesses) that thou canst say; whatsoever sin the Lord reveals to me yet my heart is against it, and whatsoever duty the Lord requires of me yet I know my heart is with it, and if there be any thing that I do not know, Oh! that I knew it more and more, and there is nothing that I fear sin for so much as this, because that I see it breaks the peace between God and my Soul. Is it so with thy poor soul? I pronounce in the name of God Peace be unto thee. Though thy heart be not as thou wouldst have it, thou ⟨p. 370⟩mayest conclude this certainly; God that hath manifested such Grace in drawing thy heart unto himself at the first, will not cast thee off. Certainly, God had some greater end in working so wonderfully towards thee, than to throw thee off; except the Lord had some great thoughts of heart in glorifying himself in thee, and to do thee good, he would never have wrought so upon thy heart as he hath done. There are others that live under the light of the Gospel, but the Lord doth never come to their hearts to speak to them as inwardly to draw their hearts, and that by his own Spirit as he hath done to thee, the Lord hath not had so great thoughts of heart to glorify his name upon them in the day of his Grace, as towards thee in the working of his Grace: So certainly to thee the Lord is about to do great things; that grace of his that hath been so strong upon thee as it hath been, it will carry thee through all difficulties. Certainly the Grace of God hath been strong, and it will be strong and therefore build upon it. If thou hast an hard heart, do not say; thou hast an hard heart, and therefore Gods heart is not towards thee. No, but rather say, thou hast an hard heart and therefore thou wilt look towards God to break thy hard heart, and bring thy frozen and cold heart to these Beams of Gods Grace, and stand under these Heavenly influences. If thou beest sensible of the hardness of thy heart, and then to sit down sullenly and heavily, and think because of this God will reject thee;

Secondly, if thou canst but say thus; there is no Argument that is so prevalent with me to make me not sin as this; for fear of breaking peace between God and me; this is the thing that makes my sin sting my Soul indeed: because by that I come to lose some of that sweeness of the assurance of my peace with God. Canst thou say so? keep thy heart but in such a frame (though thou hast many weaknesses) that thou canst say; whatsoever sin the Lord reveals to me yet my heart is against it, and whatsoever duty the Lord requires of me yet I know my heart is with it, and if there be any thing that I do not know, Oh! that I knew it more and more, and there is nothing that I fear sin for so much as this, because that I see it breaks the peace between God and my Soul. Is it so with thy poor soul? I pronounce in the name of God Peace be unto thee. Though thy heart be not as thou would'st have it, thou