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

To this Argument I answer: I deny the disjunction: there is no necessity that one of the parts must be true: or I deny both the parts of the Proposition; for I would neither murmur, quarrel, or fly out against God; nor will I study to be content, to be given up to my lusts, denied Grace, and be damned.

To this Argument I answer: I deny the disjunction: there is no necessity that one of the parts must be true: or I deny both the parts of the Proposition; for I would neither murmure, quarrel, or fly out against God; nor will I study to be content, to be given up to my lusts, denied Grace, and be damned.

Quest. If you ask me, what will you do then?

Answ. I answer: The Lord hath made me see what a sinful and miserable Creature I am in my self, and hath made me feel how unable I am to help my self, being nothing in my self but sin, misery, rebellion, emptiness, wants: the Toad more happy; yet in the Gospel I see he hath revealed his Christ: he offers Christ to me, calls me to receive Jesus, who delivereth me from wrath to come, 1 Thes. 1.10. Who gave himself for us to redeem us from all iniquity, 2 Tit. 14. From this present world, Gal. 1.4. Christ himself calls me to come, Isai. 55.1. Revel. 22.17. tells me, he will not shut the door against me, nor cast me out if I do come, John 6.37. He promiseth if I do come I shall not perish,