The application of redemption

1 Such as they who are in a dead sleep of senseless […] conclude their condition good, because they never knew what a good condition meant, and therefore conceive they need not be troubled, they should not be altered from it. They observe no Mountains, discern no crooked paths nor see their own sins nor the danger of their own condition, and therefore fondly conceive they need be no better they should be no other: and if men could be as well contented with them as they are with themselves, they see no reason but that they might sit down in quiet, without trouble and distraction, and yet I will to Heaven also.

1 Such as they who are in a dead sleep of senseless 〈…〉 conclude their condition good, because they never knew what a good condition meant, and therefore conceive they need not be troubled, they should not be altered from it. They observe no Mountains, discern no crooked paths nor see their own sins nor the danger of their own condition, and therefore fondly conceive they need be no better they should be no other: and if men could be as wel contented with them as they are with themselves, they see no reason but that they might sit down in quiet, without trouble and distraction, and yet I will to Heaven also.

It's a needless and rigid curiosity of some singular humorous men, that require more than needs, that they might be counted more than ordinary, they cry out (as they) Ye take too much upon you, ye sons ¹of Aaron, are not all the Congregation of the Lord holy? they wonder why men should be so troubled for their sins, distressed in the apprehension of their own condition, they count it a blessing they never yet knew what it meant and hope they never shall.

It's a needless and rigid curiosity of some singular humorous men, that require more than needs, that they might be counted more than ordinary, they cry out (as they) Yee take too much upon you, yee sons