Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

Now when a man sees this and is convinced throughly thereof in his judgement, he cannot be quiet until he hath sought some remedy, then hath he set the first step to this blessed estate of true saving faith. Examples hereof we have Act. 2. In those three thousand that were converted at one Sermon: who having their case laid open, cried out, what shall we do to be saved? and that was the first step to their believing, for after that they came to believe: so likewise Act. 16. 30. The Jailer when he came in trembling and desired to know by what means to come to salvation, then the Doctrine of faith took place; even so we, before we can attain to this faith that triumphs against condemnation, we must go out of our selves, and run to God only in Christ, without whom we perish: And the reason many find not this faith, is, because they have a general and conceited faith wherewith they content themselves, which makes them to slubber over all things, and so live and die in the same; even because they come not soundly to understand by the word of God their woeful and lamentable estate by nature, the true and effectual knowledge whereof is the first step to true saving faith.

Now when a man sees this and is convinced throughly thereof in his judgement, hee cannot be quiet until he hath sought some remedie, then hath he set the first step to this blessed estate of true saving faith. Examples hereof we have Act. 2. In those three thousand that were converted at one Sermon: who having their case layed open, cryed out, what shall we do to be saved? and that was the first step to their believing, for after that they came to believe: so likewise Act. 16. 30. The Iaylor when he came in trembling and desired to know by what means to come to salvation, then the Doctrine of faith took place; even so we, before we can attain to this faith that triumphs against condemnation, we must go out of our selves, and run to God onely in Christ, without whom we perish: And the reason many find not this faith, is, because they have a general and conceited faith wherewith they content themselves, which makes them to slubber over all things, and so live and die in the same; even because they come not soundly to understand by the word of God their woful and lamentable estate by nature, the true and effectual knowledge whereof is the first step to true saving faith.