The travels of true godliness, from the beginning of the world to this present…

He that made them, will not save them; and he that formed them, will show them no favour, Isa. 27.11. And then as touching your Servant Unbelief, he is such a bloody and devouring Monster, that he hath sent Millions to Hell, by hindering them from believing what God hath said in his Word, touching his Grace and Clemency to the truly penitent, and of his wroth and vengeance to the Impenitent and unbelieving Soul; he will not suffer you to believe nor give credit to that word, If any man ⟨p. 30⟩loves the World, the love of the Father is not in him, 1 John 1.15. Nor to that word neither, Except a man be born again he cannot see the Kingdom of God, John 3.3. And he that believes not shall be damned, Mark 16.16. And many like dreadful Sentences, which he will not suffer you to regard, nor give the least credit to; and thus he teaches you to make God a Liar, for he hath said, you shall without Repentance be damned and perish in your sins, but he says, ye shall be saved though ye live in your sins. Thirdly, as to what Ignorance says of getting Pardon of Sins for a piece of Money, by sending for a Popish Priest, he deserves to be cheated of his Soul that will hearken to such a blind Sot; who can forgive Sin but God? Shall any believe that Pardon, which is the gift of God, can be bought with Money: Sure his Holiness never learned this Doctrine of St. Peter, whose Successor he says he is, for St. Peter said to such a one as thou art, Thy money perish with thee, Acts 8.20. Fourthly, As concerning Pride, whom you entertain and hug in your bosom as a sweet and beloved Friend, he hath been the ruin of many Souls likewise; nay, and not only Men, but Angels also, for 'tis thought he was the principal Agent who wrought their eternal destruction, and from Heaven cast them down to Hell, and of Angels of Light made them Devils. But, Sir, pray remember that word, Pride goes before Destruction, and a haughty Spirit before a Fall. What became of the great King of Babylon, Nebuchadnezzar, for entertaining this Fellow, was it not Pride that brought him down with a vengeance, and turned him a grazing to eat straw like Oxen,