Sermons preached

1. Consider, There are but two Sorts of Men in the World, and you are one of them. There is no Neutral, no middle State; there are but two Principles that Men are influenced by, the Flesh and the Spirit; and there are but two Ends Men propound to themselves, either the pleasing of the Flesh upon Earth, or the enjoyment of God in Heaven. And two Places they issue into, Heaven or Hell. The Scripture is peremptory, and tells you who shall go to Heaven, and who shall go to Hell. Rom. 8. 13. If ye live after the Flesh, ye shall die; but if ye through the Spirit do mortify the Deeds of the Body, ye shall live. Gal. 6. 8. He that soweth to the Flesh, shall of the Flesh reap Corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit, shall of the Spirit reap Life everlasting. Or consider that, Prov. 14. 14. The Back-slider in Heart shall be filled with his own Ways, and a good Man shall be satisfied from himself. There ⟨p. 101⟩are two different Persons commencing and setting forth in the pursuit of Happiness, the Backslider in Heart, and the good-Man. The Backslider in Heart is one that continues in the Apostasy and Defection of Mankind, that indulgeth his Lusts and vain Pleasures, and for a seeming Good leaves God, who is the chief Good. But the good Men are those who make it their business to keep their. Hearts chaste and loyal to God. They both desire to be filled and to be satisfied; the one takes his own Way, and the other God's Counsel: and in the event both are filled. The Backslider in Heart hath enough of his own Ways, when they have brought him to Hell; and the good Man hath enough, when he comes to the Enjoyment of the Blessed God. And there is one Truth more there, they are both filled from themselves, their own Ways. The Backslider shall have the Fruit of his own Choice, and a good Man is satisfied with that Course of Godliness that he hath chosen. Prov. 1. 31. Those that turn away from God, it is said, They shall eat of their own Ways, and be filled with the Fruit of their own Devices. And, Isa. 3. 10. Say unto the Righteous, It shall be well with him, for he shall eat of the Fruit of his own Doings.