The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God…

Not long after they met together at dinner, and this sick man, who had made his engagements ⟨p. 97⟩for a new life, fell into his old unsavoury discourse; offended much the Minister; he soberly told him, My Lord, you have forgotten your promise: he bad him hold his peace, for though it was true he had made God such a promise, yet he did never intend to perform it. The Gentleman whom I made mention of before (now with God) upon whom God wrought when I was many miles distant from him, and knew not of it; so soon as I came home and saw him, he led me into his Orchard, and told me what God had been doing; I observed a great change in the man, zealous in his duties, left off swearing, and his drunken Companions: I told him, Sir, God hath done much for you; now the business is, a right bottoming; take heed you do not bottom upon your self, your changes, your duties, but be sure it be upon Christ; let your foundation be laid upon him, then this will hold: What was the matter I know not, but upon this he was much cast down, in so much (as he told me afterwards) his Wife wished he had never seen me: but I hope my counsel was not hurtful or needless, and so he found afterwards in the progress of his Christian course.

Not long after they met together at dinner, and this sick man, who had made his engagements ⟨p. 97⟩for a new life, fell into his old unsavoury discourse; offended much the Minister; he soberly told him, My Lord, you have forgotten your promise: he bad him hold his peace, for though it was true he had made God such a promise, yet he did never intend to perform it. The Gentleman whom I made mention of before (now with God) upon whom God wrought when I was many miles distant from him, and knew not of it; so soon as I came home and saw him, he led me into his Orchard, and told me what God had been doing; I observed a great change in the man, zealous in his duties, left off swearing, and his drunken Companions: I told him, Sir, God hath done much for you; now the business is, a right bottoming; take heed you do not bottom upon your self, your changes, your duties, but be sure it be upon Christ; let your foundation be layed upon him, then this will hold: What was the matter I know not, but upon this he was much cast down, in so much (as he told me afterwards) his Wife wished he had never seen me: but I hope my counsel was not hurtful or needless, and so he found afterwards in the progress of his Christian course.