The Redeemer's tears wept over lost souls a treatise on Luke XIX, 41, 42

8. But though none ought to conclude that their day or season of grace is quite expired, yet they ought deeply to apprehend the danger lest it should expire, before their necessary work be done, and their peace made. For though it can be of no use to them to know the former, and therefore they have no means appointed them by which to know it, 'tis of great use to apprehend the latter; and they have sufficient ground for the apprehension. All the cautions and warnings wherewith the holy Scripture abounds, of the kind with those already mentioned, have that manifest ⟨p. 88⟩design. And nothing can be more important, or apposite to this purpose, than that solemn charge of the great Apostle. Phil. 2.12. Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; considered together with the subjoined ground of it vers. 13. For it is God that worketh in you to will, and to do, of his own good pleasure. How correspondent is the one with the other; work, for he works; there were no working at all to any purpose, or with any hope, if he did not work. And work with fear and trembling, for he works of his own good pleasure, q. d. 'Twere the greatest folly imaginable to trifle with one that works at so perfect liberty, under no obligation, that may desist when he will; to impose upon so absolutely Sovereign, and arbitrary an agent, that owes you nothing; and from whose former gracious operations not complied with, you can draw no argument unto any following ones, that because he doth, therefore he will. As there is no certain connection between present time, and future, but all time is made up of undepending, not-strictly-coherent ⟨p. 89⟩moments, so as no man can be sure, because one now exists, another shall; There is also no more certain connection between the arbitrary acts of a free Agent within such time; so that I cannot be sure, because he now darts in light upon me, is now convincing me, now awakening me, therefore he will still do so, again and again. Upon this ground then, what exhortation could be more proper than this, work out your salvation with fear and trembling? What could be more awfully monitory, and enforcing of it, than that he works only of mere good will and pleasure? How should I tremble to think, if I should be negligent, or undutiful, he may give out the next moment, and let the work fall, and me perish!