The application of redemption

But before I part with thee, suffer me to spread the dreadfulness of thy condition before thy face, and leave it upon Record in thy Conscience, that thou mayest say thou […] forewarned. Know therefore thy case is almost desperate, and beyond Cure, thy doom draws on and hastens, which thou canst […] escape, thy plagues are beyond the utmost of all extremity, which thou canst not conceive, much less endure.

But before I part with thee, suffer me to spread the dreadfulness of thy condition before thy face, and leave it upon Record in thy Conscience, that thou mayest say thou 〈…〉 forewarned. Know therefore thy case is almost desperate, and beyond Cure, thy doom draws on and hastens, which thou canst 〈…〉 escape, thy plagues are beyond the utmost of all extremity, which thou canst not conceive, much less endure.

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