The application of redemption

didst thou really judg them such, believe them (as the men of Nineveh did Jonahs threatening, Jonah, 3. 5.) to be such? It's certain it would amaze thy heart, that thou wouldest be as loth to rush into evil, as thou wouldest be to run upon a Spears point, or cast thy self into the mouth of the Lyon to be torn in pieces. Take a rebellious sinner beset with the horror of his Conscience, so that he sees Hell gaping for him, and the Devils ready to seize upon that hellish heart of his, how loathes he then the least appearance of those corruptions, the evil of which he sees in the punishment only? how tender is he to avoid the occasion of them? When the evil of thy punishment is now over and out of mind, didst thou but know that resistance and rebellion of thy heart against God, his Grace, his Spirit, his Truth aright, as greater than all those evils, and is now present with thee, thou wouldst be so far fearful not heedlessly to adventure ⟨p. 104⟩upon the practice of it. When Judas saw whether his Covetousness had brought him, be flung away his thirty pieces, Matth. 27. 3. And it's certain, all the Scribes and Pharisees in the Synagogue, and all the money in the Country of Judea, could not have prevailed with him had they been then tendered to him; much more had he seen the […] had been a greater evil than the vengeance that did […], Acts, 19. 16. 19. When the evil spirits prevailed against the seven Sons of Sceva, fear fell on them […], and many of them had used curious Arts, brought their books together, and burnt them before them all. When the hearts of these Converts were pricked, and they craved Counsel what they should do, Peter amidst many other Counsels which he suggested, ads this, verse 40. Save your selves from this crooked generation; You that are in Parthia, Mesopotamia, Phrygia, Galatia, you […] amongst many professed Enemies to the Lord Christ & his Truth, therefore save your selves from their Society, and verse 44. They came and abode together, and sold their goods and parted them as every one had need.

didst thou really judg them such, beleeve them (as the men of Niniveh did Jonahs threatning,