The Sincere Convert

Secondly, The desperate unbeliever: that feeing his sins to be so great, and feeling his heart so hard, and finding but little good from God, since he sought for help, (like Cain,) flieth from the presence of the Lord; like a mad Lion he breaks his chains of restraining grace, and runneth roaring after his prey, after his cups, queans, lusts, &c. and so will not honour Christ with such a great cure of such great sins, that he shall never have the credit of it, nor will be beholding to him for such a kindness.

Secondly, The desperate unbeleever: that feeing his sinnes to be so great, and seeling his heart so hard, and finding but little good from God, since he sought for helpe, (like Cain,) flyeth from the presence of the Lord; like a mad Lion he breaks his chaines of restraining grace, and runneth roaring after his prey, after his cups, queanes, lusts, &c. and so will not honour Christ with such a great cure of such great sinnes, that he shall never have the credit of it, nor will be beholding to him for such a kindnesse.

Thirdly, The presumptuous unbeliever▪ that seeing what sins he hath committed, and it may be having a little touch and some sorrow for his sins, catcheth at Christ, hoping to be saved by him before ever he come to be loaden with sin as the greatest evil, or Gods wrath kindled against him as his greatest curse; and so catching at Christ, hopes he hath Christ, and hoping he hath Christ already, shuts ⟨p. 151⟩out Christ for the future, and so rejects him. Mich. 3. 11. You shall have these men and women complain never of the want, but only of the weakness of their Faith, & they will not be beaten off from thence; let them hear never so much of their misery, nor see never so much of their sins, yet they will not be beaten off from trusting to Christ.