The application of redemption

Yield unto the Evidence of the Truth thus […], ¹beyond all opposition and gainsaying, and sit down in silence under the Authority of it, and let it settle upon thy soul; neither question it any more, nor hear any thing against it, when it hath been heard formerly so fully scanned and determined upon such undeniable grounds. Shut the door against the appearance of any sinful shifts, admit no conference with carnal reason any further; Say, that coast is clear, that case is concluded; my corrupt heart hath had a full hearing.

Yield unto the Evidence of the Truth thus 〈…〉, ¹beyond all opposition and gainsaying, and sit down in silence under the Authority of it, and let it settle upon thy soul; neither question it any more, nor hear any thing against it, when it hath been heard formerly so fully scanned and determined upon such undeniable grounds. Shut the door against the appearance of any sinful shifts, admit no conference with carnal reason any further; Say, that coast is cleer, that case is concluded; my corrupt heart hath had a ful hearing.

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All the Cavils and devices that ever the policy of Hell could coin, or the falseness and deceitfulness of my own heart could […] or frame, have been alleged, followed, and pressed to the utmost, they have been answered and confuted, and the definitive sentence is past against mine own soul, by the full consent of my own apprehension; I yield the day, I confess the case, I hold up my hand and plead guilty: These are my sins, they are so heinous, so dangerous, I could never have conceived, I could never believe it before, but now I yield and confess it freely; these are the abominations that I have committed, it's Hell that I have deserved; I am an undone man, a poor forlorn damned creature; this is my […], I cannot prevent it, nor can I bear it, I do not now question it: Awake with this in the morning, sit down with this at the Table, walk with this all the day long, and let this Truth rest with thee, when thou betakest thy self to rest, and it will over-power and affect thy heart: So Job when his heart came off kindly in a