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

Thirdly, God may let the same corruptions of which he was convinced at first, and which caused those fears and sorrows, to be working again, putting forth themselves in strong motions, the feeling of which doth almost sink his heart, he thinks to Hell now he must go, for he finds his lusts are too strong for him; though he hath smarted for them, and thought he should never have any thing more to do with them, yet now he finds his heart is naught, vile, wicked as ever, and begins to despair; it may be in his struggling with his lusts, he flabs, is foiled, if not carried away as before, and this kills him.

Fourthly, God may let more corruptions loose, that is, to be inwardly working, that the man can see nothing but corruption, and cries out, he was never so bad: Sin taking occasion by the Law, wrought in me all manner of concupiscence, Rom. 7.8. Luther found temptations to all sins but Covetousness: Paul felt all manner of Concupiscence: a common thing for Christians under the work to cry out, they were never worse, never so bad.

Fourthly, God may let more corruptions loose, that is, to be inwardly working, that the man can see nothing but corruption, and cryes out, he was never so bad: Sin taking occasion by the Law, wrought in me all manner of coneupiscence, Rom. 7.8. Luther found temptations to all sins but Covetousness: Paul felt all manner of Concupiscence: a common thing for Christians under the work to cry out, they were never worse, never so bad.

Fifthly, God shows no acceptance of his duties, lets him find no peace or quietness by them; but Conscience is still roaring at him, drawing up bills of indictment against him still, charging him with fresh sins, which it may be he had forgotten, or doth still commit, so that the Soul finds no rest.