First, The Assaults of Satan, he comes in amain,§1 and makes batteries against the Heart, he Musters up all his Forces, and presents to the view of the sinner all the darkness of the kingdom of Darkness, and […] the venom of sin in the twinkling of an eye: […] presents all his Sins that ever he hath committed with all the aggravating Circumstances against Mercies, Covenants, Checks of Conscience: Lo, (saith Satan) do you not see all these, and they come in, […] troops, there is no end of them, not only in New England, but upon the Sea, in the Land of our nativity, and he brings him to his Cradle, and […] him how he came a Child of wrath into the world: Withal, Satan lets in the guilt of all these sins upon the soul: Says Satan, if one sin deserve everlasting Condemnation as you know it doth, what then is deserved by so many sins Committed, continued in, repeated, against Means and Mercies, why Hell is too little for such a Rebel, God must make a new Hell for such a wretch. And withal Satan tells him the date of Mercy is past, your best days are done, you have had Means, and Mercies, and Friends to Counsel you; very good, now Mercy is gone and ⟨p. 437⟩past, you shall hear no more of the Mercy of God, or of Jesus Christ. Now Satan hurries the […] when he hath got him hither, (the multitude of his sins, the guilt of his sins, and Mercy past) why now had you not better go out of the world, than to live without Hope, and multiply your sins, and so your plagues forever? Here he hurries the soul up and down, and gives him no leave to think of Mercy. Oh! says the soul, Is there no hope in Jesus Christ, the Means of Grace, and the Spirit of God? Why, says Satan, Do not you deceive your self, you have had Means, and Mercies, and you are just in the place where you were, therefore you had best put an end to your sins, and self, and life, and all.
First, The Assaults of Satan, he comes in amain,§1 and makes batteries against the Heart, he Musters up al his Forces, and presents to the view of the sinner al the darkness of the kingdom of Darkness, and 〈…〉 the venom of sin in the twinckling of an eye: 〈…〉 presents al his Sins that ever he hath committed with al the aggravating Circumstances against Mercies, Covenants, Checks of Conscience: Lo, (saith Satan) do you not see al these, and they come in, 〈…〉 troops, there is no end of them, not only in NewEngland, but upon the Sea, in the Land of our nativity, and he brings him to his Cradle, and 〈…〉 him how he came a Child of wrath into the world: Withal, Satan lets in the guilt of al these sins upon the soul: Sayes Satan, if one sin deserve everlasting Condemnation as you know it doth, what then is deserved by so many sins Committed, continued in, repeated, against Means and Mercies, why Hell is too little for such a Rebel, God must make a new Hell for such a wretch. And withal Satan tells him the date of Mercy is past, your best dayes are done, you have had Means, and Mercies, and Friends to Counsel you; very good, now Mercy is gone and ⟨p. 437⟩past, you shal hear no more of the Mercy of God, or of Jesus Christ. Now Satan hurries the 〈…〉 when he hath got him hither, (the multitude of his sins, the guilt of his sins, and Mercy past) why now had you not better go out of the world, than to live without Hope, and multiply your sins, and so your plagues forever? Here he hurries the soul up and down, and gives him no leave to think of Mercy. Oh! sayes the soul, Is there no hope in Jesus Christ, the Means of Grace, and the Spirit of God? Why, sayes Satan, Do not you deceive your self, you have had Means, and Mercies, and you are just in the place where you were, therefore you had best put an end to your sins, and self, and life, and all.
