In this Life Spiritual Curses upon the Soul are the heaviest Curses, as Blessings on the Soul are the best of Blessings. When men will not be persuaded to love the Lord Jesus, but will love their Cups, and their Whores, and their Profits and Sporting Pleasures, better than Christ; but after long wooings of Grace, and entreaties of Mercy; after many strivings of the Spirit, and Calls of Conscience, and waitings of patience, they will love their Sin, and not Christ, the World, and not Christ; God, and Christ, and Holy Spirit, may give them up to ⟨p. 59⟩these vile and cursed Affections, and say to them as Christ cursed the Fig-tree, on which there was no Fruit, Mark 11.13, 14, 20, 21. Never fruit grow on thee more. Sinner, wilt thou not love me? never Repentance be found in thee; never Pardon be bestowed on thee. Wilt thou not love me! let him love his Swearing still, let him love his filthy unclean doings still: Let him remain under hardness of heart to his dying day. What should I do with him? my Ministers have begged on him to give me his Love, and he will not; my Spirit hath strived with him, but he will not: What, will he not? not love me! No, then let him love what he will. This is a great Curse upon the Soul of a Sinner while Christ defers his coming. Rev. 22.11. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still.— Some have had great Parts, and with them they have not loved Christ, and their Parts have withered away, Christ hath cursed them. Some have performed many Duties, and were forward Professors, but all this while they prayed, and heard, and received, they loved not Christ, and Christ hath cursed them, and they are turned profane. Some are given to Swearing, and Whoring, and Drinking; and it is not only their Sin, but the Curse of God upon their Souls, that he hath given them over, because they have refused to love his Son. Psal. 81.11. My people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12. So I gave them up unto their own hearts lust; and they walked in their own counsels. Hos. 4.17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone. My Spirit let him alone; my Ministers let him alone; my Ordinances let him alone; Conscience let him alone; ⟨p. 60⟩let all let him alone; he is stubborn, wilful, and perverse; his heart is joined to his Profits, and to his Pleasures;
In this Life Spiritual Curses upon the Soul are the heaviest Curses, as Blessings on the Soul are the best of Blessings. When men will not be persuaded to love the Lord Jesus, but will love their Cups, and their Whores, and their Profits and Sporting Pleasures, better than Christ; but after long wooings of Grace, and intreaties of Mercy; after many strivings of the Spirit, and Calls of Conscience, and waitings of patience, they will love their Sin, and not Christ, the World, and not Christ; God, and Christ, and Holy Spirit, may give them up to ⟨p. 59⟩these vile and cursed Affections, and say to them as Christ cursed the Fig-tree, on which there was no Fruit, Mark 11.13, 14, 20, 21. Never fruit grow on thee more. Sinner, wilt thou not love me? never Repentance be found in thee; never Pardon be bestowed on thee. Wilt thou not love me! let him love his Swearing still, let him love his filthy unclean doings still: Let him remain under hardness of heart to his dying day. What should I do with him? my Ministers have begged on him to give me his Love, and he will not; my Spirit hath strived with him, but he will not: What, will he not? not love me! No, then let him love what he will. This is a great Curse upon the Soul of a Sinner while Christ defers his coming. Rev. 22.11. He that is unjust, let him be unjust still; and he which is filthy, let him be filthy still.— Some have had great Parts, and with them they have not loved Christ, and their Parts have withered away, Christ hath cursed them. Some have performed many Duties, and were forward Professors, but all this while they prayed, and heard, and received, they loved not Christ, and Christ hath cursed them, and they are turned prophane. Some are given to Swearing, and Whoring, and Drinking; and it is not only their Sin, but the Curse of God upon their Souls, that he hath given them over, because they have refused to love his Son. Psal. 81.11. My people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. 12. So I gave them up unto their own hearts lust; and they walked in their own counsels. Hos. 4.17. Ephraim is joined to idols, let him alone. My Spirit let him alone; my Ministers let him alone; my Ordinances let him alone; Conscience let him alone; ⟨p. 60⟩let all let him alone; he is stubborn, wilful, and perverse; his heart is joined to his Profits, and to his Pleasures;
