The […] Use […] […] us the fearful1 estate and miserable Condition […] […] that lived a long time under a plain and powerful Ministry, and yet their hearts have not been […] and prepared for the Lord […]: It is a […] […] that the Lord will never bestow any […] Good upon that Soul. He that hath lived under, a powerful Ministry many years, and yet is not wrought upon thereby, it cannot certainly be concluded, but it is ⟨p. 219⟩greatly to be suspected, That the means of Grace will never profit that man. Look as it is with the Master Carpenter, when he hath turned every piece of Timber, and taken what he will for his turn, he tells them that be under him, Let this be hewed, and that […] framed and made fit for the building: Afterward […] finds one piece broken, and another cracked, and another knotty: Why, what says he? There is no squaring of these, they are sit for nothing but for burning, they are not fit for any place in the building. Oh! take heed, when Gods Ministers have been cutting, and hewing, now exhorting, now persuading, now cutting the heart with Reproof, and yet finds here a cracked Heart, and there a stubborn Soul, that will not be squared by the Word, […] than the Lord should say, These will never be fitted and prepared for me, they are fit for […] but the fire. Oh! take heed of it, for he that will not be fitted for Grace, shall be made a […] in Hell for ever. Therefore all you that have lived under a powerful Ministry, and yet are not prepared, go home and reason with your souls, and plead with your own hearts, and say, Lord, Why […] not I yet humbled and prepared? Shall I thus be always under the hacking and hewing of the Word, and never be framed? Such a man, and such a man was stubborn, and wicked, and profane, and yet the Lord hath brought him home, and he is become a broken hearted Christian, What shall I think that am not […] and prepared for Christ by all the means that I have had? Alas! thou mayest justly suspect God never intends good to thy soul: It is no absolute conclusion, but it is a great suspicion that those that have lived under a plain and powerful Ministry half a dozen years or longer, and have got no good, nor profited under the same; I say, It's a shrewd ⟨p. 220⟩suspicion, that God will send […] down to Hell: Therefore suspect thy own soul and say, Lord, will Exhortations never prevail? Will Instructions never do me good?
The 〈…〉 Use 〈…〉 〈…〉 us the fearful1 estate and miserable Condition 〈…〉 〈…〉 that lived a long time under a plain and powerful Ministery, and yet their hearts have not been 〈…〉 and prepared for the Lord 〈…〉: It is a 〈…〉 〈…〉 that the Lord will never bestow any 〈…〉 Good upon that Soul. He that hath lived under, a powerful Ministery many yeers, and yet is not wrought upon thereby, it cannot certainly be concluded, but it is ⟨p. 219⟩greatly to be suspected, That the means of Gracewil never profit that man. Look as it is with the Master Carpenter, when he hath turned every piece of Timber, and taken what he will for his turn, he tels them that be under him, Let this be hewed, and that 〈…〉 framed and made fit for the building: Afterward 〈…〉 finds one piece broken, and another crackt, and another knotty: Why, what saies he? There is no squaring of these, they are sit for nothing but for burning, they are not fit for any place in the building. Oh! take heed, when Gods Ministers have been cutting, and hewing, now exhorting, now perswading, now cutting the heart with Reproof, and yet finds here a crackt Heart, and there a stubborn Soul, that will not be squared by the Word, 〈…〉 than the Lord should say, These will never be fitted and prepared for me, they are fit for 〈…〉 but the fire. Oh! take heed of it, for he that will not be fitted for Grace, shall be made a 〈…〉 in Hell for ever. Therefore all you that have lived under a powerful Ministery, and yet are not prepared, go home and reason with your souls, and plead with your own hearts, and say, Lord, Why 〈…〉 not I yet humbled and prepared? Shall I thus be alwayes under the hacking and hewing of the Word, and never be framed? Such a man, and such a man was stubborn, and wicked, and prophane, and yet the Lord hath brought him home, and he is become a broken hearted Christian, What shall I think that am not 〈…〉 and prepared for Christ by all the means that I have had? Alas! thou maiest justly suspect God never intends good to thy soul: It is no absolute conclusion, but it is a great suspition that those that have lived under a plain and powerful Ministery half a dozen yeers or longer, and have got no good, nor profited under the same; I say, It's a shrewd
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