First, Thy Case to common Reason (leaving secret things to God) seems past cure; it's a great suspicion the day of Grace is over, the date of mercy past, the period of Gods Patience come to an end; all means have been used, and conclusions tried with thee, the invincible stiffness of thy Spirit hath won the day, thou hast tried Masteries with all means, Law and Gospel, Promises, […] and […], the unconquerable hardness of thy heart hath out-bid all Dispensations, thou art Cannon proof, Law proof, Gospel proof, Threatening proof; there is no other means of good in Heaven or Earth, and thou art worse by them; all which are provided to better others, and have so done: without means thou hast no reason to think that God will work, and thou hast had the try all of all, and thou art beyond […] in thy stiffness, and therefore beyond all helps in an ordinary way, Prov. 29. 1. He that being often reproved, […] his heart, shall be destroyed, and that without remedy: he that casts away the salve that should cure him, spills the Physic that should recover him, casts away the meat that should nourish him, how should he be either cured or supported? There are no Commands that awe, no Promises persuade, no Terrors awaken, then there is no Remedy: He must be deluded that opposeth the Wisdom that only can guide him, he must be ⟨p. 437⟩cursed that resists the mercy that only can save him, he must be damned that […] upon the blood of Jesus, that only would redeem him, there is no other Remedy, no other Name but the Name of Jesus whereby men must be saved, Acts, 4. 12. Nay, not only means fail him, but God himself seems to forsake, Gen. 6. 3. My Spirit shall not always strive with man: He hath striven by his Terrors, by his Mercies, striven and laid hold upon thee by heart-breaking […]; Turn ye, why will ye die? turn ye, and cause others to return, and so iniquity shall not be your ruin, Ezek. 33. 11. Oh that there were such a heart in them to fear me always, that it might be well with them, Deut. 5. 29. but thou hast wound away from Gods hand, and forsaken him, and he hath forsaken thee; there is Word and Promises, but no God in them, Terrors and […], but no God in them; Thou art without God, and art thou not 1then without hope? When the throws of a travelling Woman leave her, her life leaves her. So here.
First, Thy Case to common Reason (leaving secret things to God) seems past cure; it's a great suspicion the day of Grace is over, the date of mercy past, the period of Gods Patience come to an end; all means have been used, and conclusions tryed with thee, the invincible stiffness of thy Spirit hath won the day, thou hast tried Masteries with all means, Law and Gospel, Promises, 〈…〉 and 〈…〉, the unconquerable hardness of thy heart hath out-bid all Dispensations, thou art Cannon proof, Law proof, Gospel proof, Threatning proof; there is no other means of good in Heaven or Earth, and thou art worse by them; all which are provided to better others, and have so done: without means thou hast no reason to think that God wil work, and thou hast had the try al of al, and thou art beyond 〈…〉 in thy stifness, and therefore beyond all helps in an ordinary way, Prov. 29. 1. He that being often reproved, 〈…〉 his heart, shall be destroyed, and that without remedy: he that casts away the salve that should cure him, spils the Physick that should recover him, casts away the meat that should nourish him, how should he be either cured or supported? There are no Commands that awe, no Promises perswade, no Terrors awaken, then there is no Remedy: He must be deluded that opposeth the Wisdom that only can guide him, he must be ⟨p. 437⟩cursed that resists the mercy that only can save him, he must be damned that 〈…〉 upon the blood of Jesus, that only would redeem him, there is no other Remedy, no other Name but the Name of Jesus wherby men must be saved, Acts, 4. 12. Nay, not only means fail him, but God himself seems to forsake, Gen. 6. 3. My Spirit shall not alwaies strive with man: He hath striven by his Terrors, by his Mercies, striven and laid hold upon thee by heart-breaking 〈…〉; Turn ye, why will ye die? turn ye, and cause others to return, and so iniquity shall not be your ruin, Ezek. 33. 11. Oh that there were such a heart in them to fear me alwaies, that it might be well with them, Deut. 5. 29. but thou hast wound away from Gods hand, and forsaken him, and he hath forsaken thee; there is Word and Promises, but no God in them, Terrors and , but no God in them; Thou art without God, and art thou not
- 1Eph. 2. 12.
