The application of redemption

Unless he who provided and gave thee Promises, do provide and give thee a heart […] to take them, thou wilt never take possession of them; unless Christ comprehend thee, thou wilt never apprehend him, Phil. 3. 11. Thou art utterly mistaken if thou dost not find Application beyond thy strength as well as Redemption: This mistake in imagining that we can make the Application, ariseth especially upon a double ground, which is most dangerous and least discerned.

Unless he who provided and gave thee Promises, do provide and give thee a heart 〈…〉 to take them, thou wilt never take possession of them; unless Christ comprehend thee, thou wilt never apprehend him, Phil. 3. 11. Thou art utterly mistaken if thou dost not find Application beyond thy strength as well as Redemption: This mistake in imagining that we can make the Application, ariseth especially upon a double ground, which is most dangerous and least discerned.

First, When from the general offer of the freeness §1and fullness of that superabundant mercy that is in ⟨p. 89⟩Christ, and invitation thereunto from the Lord with […] instant and overbearing importunity and […] ¹of compassion, Oh that there […] such hearts in […]; turn ye, why will ye die? As I live saith the ²Lord, I desire not the death of a sinner: the heart […] to be tickled and affected at the goodness of the […], as being beyond its expectation, that there is […] a possibility of relief and succour, and therefore […] at it, out of a misguided apprehension, that it lies […] common for all comers, not looking for any special […] the soul must have before it come to share […].