9. Therefore to be Anathema when Maran-atha, will be to be accursed with an irrevocable Curse. Tho they should cry, call, beg for a Blessing, with greater importunity than Esau did, who cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his Father, Bless me, even me also, O my father, Gen. 27.34. Yet the Lord Jesus at that day will be inexorable, not to be entreated; but as Isaac said concerning Jacob, I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed; so Jesus shall say concerning them that loved him, I have blessed them, and they shall be blessed; and to them that hated him, I have cursed you, and ye shall be cursed. So much we learn from Luk. 13.25. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are. 26. Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drank in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27. But he shall say, I tell you I know, not whence ye are, depart from me all ye workers of iniquity. Mat. 7.22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name have done many wonderful works? 23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; Depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Christ in these Scriptures speaks of many who shall find the door shut, themselves excluded, ⟨p. 67⟩shall be importunate for admission into a state of Everlasting Blessedness, by knocking, calling, Lord, Lord, Open to us: But Christ doth disown them, and denieth their request. They plead their prophesying, their hearing, their eating and drinking in his presence, casting out of Devils, and doing many wonderful works in his Name: But Christ replies; All this you did, but you did not love me, and ye were not lovers of me, for ye were workers of iniquity; and a Lover of Christ, and a Worker of Iniquity, (as this Phrase is used in Scripture) a man cannot be at the same time: So that such as shall then be so cursed as to be shut out of doors, are past recovery, past hopes of Mercy, past a possibility of being blessed. And therefore
9. Therefore to be Anathema when Maran-atha, will be to be accursed with an irrevocable Curse. Tho they should cry, call, beg for a Blessing, with greater importunity than Esau did, who cried with a great and exceeding bitter cry, and said unto his Father, Bless me, even me also, O my father, Gen. 27.34. Yet the Lord Jesus at that day will be inexorable, not to be intreated; but as Isaac said concerning Jacob, I have blessed him, and he shall be blessed; so Jesus shall say concerning them that loved him, I have blessed them, and they shall be blessed; and to them that hated him, I have cursed you, and ye shall be cursed. So much we learn from Luk. 13.25. When once the master of the house is risen up, and hath shut to the door, and ye begin to stand without, and to knock, saying, Lord, Lord, open unto us; and he shall answer and say unto you, I know you not whence ye are. 26. Then shall ye begin to say, We have eaten and drank in thy presence, and thou hast taught in our streets. 27. But he shall say, I tell you I know, not whence ye are, depart from me all ye workers of iniquity. Mat. 7.22. Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have not we prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name have done many wonderful works? 23. And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you; Depart from me, ye that work iniquity. Christ in these Scriptures speaks of many who shall find the door shut, themselves excluded, ⟨p. 67⟩shall be importunate for admission into a state of Everlasting Blessedness, by knocking, calling, Lord, Lord, Open to us: But Christ doth disown them, and denieth their request. They plead their prophecying, their hearing, their eating and drinking in his presence, casting out of Devils, and doing many wonderful works in his Name: But Christ replies; All this you did, but you did not love me, and ye were not lovers of me, for ye were workers of iniquity; and a Lover of Christ, and a Worker of Iniquity, (as this Phrase is used in Scripture) a man cannot be at the same time: So that such as shall then be so cursed as to be shut out of doors, are past recovery, past hopes of Mercy, past a possibility of being blessed. And therefore
