The application of redemption

The Woman that hath two Suitors that make love and express their […] to her, if she ask her own Spirit, that will easily speak which is the man that must be her Husband; the Answer which will […] it is this; Such a one hath her heart, he hath got her good will, and therefore hath gained the woman, […] is his; to give one all good language, and […] entertainment, that is nothing, if another hath the heart. So if the Question be (which is indeed a Question of the greatest consequence in the world) Whether art thou to be matched to thy Sin, or to thy Saviour? to thy Lusts, or to the Lord Jesus? This will put it beyond peradventure, hath some bosom lust got the will of thy soul, and holds it to this day? thou art certainly a corrupt and carnal wretched Creature. All thy […] carriage and […] entertainment, or good language […] […] the Lord Jesus, it's nothing, thy lusts have thy heart, and Satan hath thy heart by means of them, and this is thy condition to this very day. It's […], as experience proves it, that he that is the Owner of a Country, may be forced by the power of an Enemy […] in upon him, to forsake the Skirts and Borders of it; but if yet the strong Places, […], and Citadels be in his possession, which command the Country, each man concludes he is Lord and […] of the Country still, hecause he hath these […], and strong Forts, whereby he can command it at his pleasure. As in the Country, so in the Rule of a mans Carriage and Conscience; possible it is, ⟨p. 334⟩nay ordinary that there may come some […] Power and Evidence of Truth, and the Lord may so mightily assault the soul with the Battery of his Word, and levy such Forces of Arguments against the prevailing power of sin, in our practice, as that […] may cause our corruptions to retire and forsake the Frontiers, and out-works, the tongue, and hand, and behaviour; but if yet the will, which is the main Castle, and hath command of all, if that, I say, be still at league with our Lusts, and the power of corruption is there entertained and acknowledged, thou art yet under the power of Satan, and possession of thy sin. The unclean Spirit may now and then go on walking, and be cast out from exercising that Sovereignty and extent of Jurisdiction, as to act the hand, and eye, and tongue to the practice of evil;

The Woman that hath two Suiters that make love and express their 〈…〉 to her, if she ask her own Spirit, that will easily speak which is the man that must be her Husband; the Answer which will it is this; Such a one hath her heart, he hath got her good will, and therefore hath gained the woman, is his; to give one all good language, and entertainment, that is nothing, if another hath the heart. So if the Question be (which is indeed a Question of the greatest consequence in the world) Whether art thou to be matched to thy Sin, or to thy Savior? to thy Lusts, or to the Lord Jesus? This will put it beyond peradventure, hath some bosom lust got the will of thy soul, and holds it to this day? thou art certainly a corrupt and carnal wretched Creature. All thy carriage and entertainment, or good language the Lord Jesus, it's nothing, thy lusts have thy heart, and Satan hath thy heart by means of them, and this is thy condition to this very day. It's , as experience proves it, that he that is the Owner of a Country, may be forced by the power of an Enemy in upon him, to forsake the Skirts and Borders of it; but if yet the strong Places, , and Citadels be in his possession, which command the Country, each man concludes he is Lord and of the Country still, hecause he hath these , and strong Forts, whereby he can command it at his pleasure. As in the Country, so in the Rule of a mans Carriage and Conscience; possible it is,