The application of redemption

No: Thank your proud heart; you are not prepared for the presence, the peace, the comfort; the coming of a Saviour, and therefore you want him. Do ⟨p. 198⟩you think your self worthy to be condemned when you think it much to be denied, deserted, punished, nay, but delayed in the dispensation of Gods goodness: He must please your palate and suit your mind and humour at a beck: No, no, mend your self if you be in so hasty a mood, the Lord will make you know that you are unworthy of mercy: He will not bribe you, nor be beholding to you to wait upon him for his mercy, yea, be thankful to him that you may wait; and wonder that you are not past praying, hearing, and waiting, and all.

No: Thank your proud heart; you are not prepared for the presence, the peace, the comfort; the coming of a Savior, and therefore you want him. Do ⟨p. 198⟩you think your self worthy to be condemned when you think it much to be denyed, deserted, punished, nay, but desayed in the dispensation of Gods goodness: He must please your pallat and suit your mind and humor at a beck: No, no, mend your self if you be in so hasty a moode, the Lord will make you know that you are unworthy of mercy: He will not bribe you, nor be beholding to you to wait upon him for his mercy, yea, be thankful to him that you may wait; and wonder that you are not past praying, hearing, and waiting, and all.

A ground of Encouragement to a poor distressed¹ sinner, when Devils assault, […] grow strong, Conscience accuse, and the venom of the vengeance of the Almighty drinks up a mans spirits, so that the sinner knows not how to bear his condition, nor yet how to help himself out of it: so that he is at his wits end: His Friends pity him, and the Parents conceive their Child is undone, they never thought to have seen this day: Why so? It is the best day that ever his eyes saw; he is now in Gods way, the Lord now seems to lay hold upon him, and to intend good to him; be not afraid of the work, but be afraid he should miss and spoil in the working. As in Child-bed, when throws come thick and strong, there is most hope of a speedy and happy delivery, but when her throws leave her, her life leaves her, so it is in the new Birth. Stormy gales at Sea toss a man most, but soonest land him. Therefore do not so much fear the blow, as be thankful and be willing to follow the blow; nor so much desire to be eased, as not to be deceived; not so much to have the work over, as to have it made good upon thy soul; labour to get into, and keep in that frame prophesied of in all […] Converts,