Englands duty under the present gospel liberty from Revel. III, vers. 20

First, You are in extreme need of Christ;¹ you want him more than Bread or Breath; many things are convenient for your Bodies, but Christ is the one thing necessary for your Souls, Luke 10. 9. One thing is necessary. Necessity is an Engine that will open any thing in the World that can be opened; necessity will make all fly before it. Now there is a plain, present, absolute necessity lying upon every one of you to open your Hearts to Christ, and that without delay. Necessity goes before the face of Christ to open the way for him into the Heart; thou must have him, or be lost for ever. Christ and Faith are not among the may bees, but the must bees, to the happiness of thy Soul. A Man may be poor, and happy; reproached, and blessed; but he cannot be Christless, and safe; nor Christless, and comfortable; you must have Christ, or you cannot have life, John 3. 36. You must have Christ or you can have no hope, Col. 1. 27. Christ and life, Christ and hope go together; no Christ no life, no Christ no hope; sinner, thou must have Christ, or thou canst have no pardon; for Christ and pardon are undivided, Ephes. 1. 7. In a word, you must have Christ or you can have no Salvation, Acts 4. 12. Well then, if thou canst have no life, nor hope; no pardon, nor Salvation without Christ; then a plain necessity goes before Christ to open his way into thine Heart; methinks, thou shouldst now say, Then will I open to Christ whatever the terms be. Come sufferings, losses, reproaches, yea death it self, all is one; Christ I must have, and Christ I will have; necessity is laid upon me, and my Heart is opened to Christ by it; woe to me for ever if I miss of Christ.

First, You are in exream need of Christ;¹ you want him more than Bread or Breath; many things are convenient for your Bodies, but Christ is the one thing necessary for your Souls,