The Sincere Convert

Thirdly, if any unregenerate man §3come unto Christ, he never gets into Christ, that is, never takes up his eternal rest and lodging in any thing else but Jesus Christ, Heb. 4 4. Judas followed Christ for the bag, he would have the bag and Christ too; The Young man came unto Christ to be his Disciple, but he would have Christ a•d the world too; they will not content themselves with Christ alone, nor with the world alone, but make their markets out of both, like whorish wives, that will please their husbands and others too. Men in distress of ⟨p. 144⟩conscience, if they have comfort from Christ, they are contented; if they have salvation from hell by Christ, they are contented: but Christ himself contents them not. Thus far an Hypocrite goes not. So much for the first Doctrine, observed out of the Text. I come now to the second.

Thirdly, if any unr•generate man §3come unto Christ, he never gets into Christ, that is, never takes up his eternall rest and lodging in any thing else but Jesus Christ, Heb. 4 4. Iudas followed Christ for the bagge, he would have the bagge and Christ too; The Young man came unto Christ to be his Disciple, but he would have Christ a•d the world too; they will not content themselves with Christ alone, nor with the world alone, but make their markets out of both, like whorish wives, that will please their husbands and others too. Men in distresse of ⟨p. 144⟩conscience, if they have comfort from Christ, they are contented; if they have salvation from hell by Christ, they are contented: but Christ himselfe contents them not. Thus farre an Hypocrite goes not. So much for the first Doctrine, observed out of the Text. I come now to the second.