A36315:187
Captives bound in chains made free
Captives bound in chains made free by Christ their surety, or, The misery of graceless sinners and their recovery by Christ their saviour by T. Doolittle.
London: printed by A.H. for Tho. Parkhurst, 1674
Title page typeset from the transcription.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
5. What if thou hadst been in hell thy self a month or two, and felt the pains and torments there, and God should let thee out again, and put thee in the same capacity as now thou art in, and place thee again under the same means and ministry as now thou dost enjoy, and the same Doctrine should be preached unto thee, and the same offers of Christ and pardon, of heaven and eternal life as now thou hearest; Wouldst thou then hearken to our Doctrine, and renounce the Devils service, and beg and pray that God would knock off thy fetters and thy chains, and of a slave of Satan, make thee a willing servant of the blessed and the living God? Or, wouldst thou still live as now thou dost, and hope again upon the same grounds as now, that thou shouldst not the second time be cast into that place of torments? Oh then why then wilt thou not believe that God that cannot lye, as well as thy own experience?
5. What if thou hadst been in hell thy self a month or two, and felt the pains and torments there, and God should let thee out again, and put thee in the same capacity as now thou art in, and place thee again under the same means and ministry as now thou dost enjoy, and the same Doctrine should be preached unto thee, and the same offers of Christ and pardon, of heaven and eternal life as now thou hearest; Wouldst thou then hearken to our Doctrine, and renounce the Devils service, and beg and pray that God would knock off thy fetters and thy chains, and of a slave of Satan, make thee a willing servant of the blessed and the living God? Or, wouldst t•ou still live as now thou dost, and hope again upon the same grounds as now, that thou shouldst not the second time be cast into that place of torments? Oh then why then wilt thou not believe that God that cannot lye, as well as thy own experience?
Though this God will never do; he will never try thee again, nor set thee in this life again; for once in hell, and for ever there; God ⟨p. 109⟩will not give thee a second life, to mend what was amiss in thy living upon earth. If thou thinkest thou shouldst be more careful, if God should try thee after he had damned thee, that thou mayest not be damned again; why shouldst thou not be as careful now that thou mayest not be damned at all?