Captives bound in chains made free

2. How knowest thou that when thou shalt be sick, that thou shalt have the use of thy reason and understanding? if not; where is thy repentance then? hast thou not often seen sick persons to be deprived of their understanding? ⟨p. 137⟩not capable of asking or receiving of counsel and advice.

3. Is repentance in thy own power? or canst thou repent when thou list? canst thou? the more thou art to blame, the more is thy sin, and and shame, that thou dost not now repent. Canst thou not? the more is thy folly, to put it off as though thou couldst: nay, the longer thou continuest in thy sin, the harder thy heart will be, and the harder is thy heart, the harder work will it be for thee to break it, Jer. 13. 23.

4. Dost thou read of any more than one only man that did repent at last, at a dying hour in all the Word of God? Is there any spoken of for this besides the Thief upon the Cross? if thou hast but this one single example, why wilt thou venture thy eternal state upon this?