The application of redemption

He prayed, Lord smite this people with blindness, & he did so and they saw nothing before they were in the midst of their enemies so here, when the sinner is misguided by the dimness of his deluded mind he goes on in an evil way, and knows not whither he goes, or where he is, before he be in the bottomless pit. Oh be wise and wary therefore that we err not here, least we rush into ruin and that past all recovery. Expect then Gods blessing upon our endeavour but in Gods order, & attend his work in his own way. It is the aim of our Saviour in sending and the office of the Holy Ghost in coming into the world when he intends to work effectually the saving good of his people, to entitle them to the pardon of their sins, and to establish their hearts under the government of his spirit. John. 16. 7. 8. If I depart I will send the Comforter, and when he is come he will reprove, he will convince, and set down the world by […] conviction of sin of righteousness, of judgment, of righteousness, that the law is satisfied, justice answered, and that fully, because he that was in prison is now released, and therefore the debt paid, and he gone to heaven, to his Father. Of judgment the power of his Kingdom & government erected and set up in the souls of his servants and children, in that by death he overcame him that had the power of death that is the Devil, and therefore he is judged and falls in his cause as having no right nor in reason can challenge no rule in the hearts of those, for whom Christ hath satisfied divine justice, and therefore are free from that authority that sin and Satan had of them thereby. But before we can share either in the righteousness of Christ for our justification or the rule of his spirit in our Sanctification, the Holy Ghost must and doth convince us of sin, that we have rejected and not entertained this Saviour. If we do not convictingly ⟨p. 114⟩see our sin in settling upon the root of our Corrupt rebellions and casting away the riches of Christs mercy & the rule of his Grace, its not possible that those spiritual benefits should ever be made ours. As ever therefore you desire to see and find the mercies of Christ sealed up unto your Consciences, in pardoning of sins and acceptation of your persons; As ever you would find the Kingdom of Satan cast down in your hearts, and the government of his Grace and spirit there set up;