The Sincere Convert

That God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may be honoured by the performance of these duties,¹ therefore use them: Christ shed his blood, that he might purchase unto himself a people zealous of good works, Tit. 2. 14. not to save our souls by them, but to honour him. Oh! let not the blood of Christ be shed in vain. Grace & good duties are a Christians Crown; it is sin only makes a man base: now shall a King cast away his Crown, because he bought not his Kingdom by it? ⟨p. 262⟩No, because it is his Ornament and glory to wear it, when he is made a King; so I say unto thee, it's better that Christ should be honoured, than thy soul saved; and therefore perform duties, because they honour the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus use thy duties, but rest not in duties; nay, go out of duties, & match thy soul to the Lord Jesus: take him for better & for worse, so live in him and upon him all thy days.

That God the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ may be honoured by the performance of these duties,¹ therefore use them: Christ shed his bloud, that he might purchase unto himselfe a people zealous of good workes, Tit. 2. 14. not to save our soules by them, but to honour him. Oh! let not the bloud of Christ be shed in vaine. Grace & good duties are a Christians Crowne; it is sin onely makes a man base: now shall a King cast away his Crowne, because he bought not his Kingdome by it? ⟨p. 262⟩No, because it is his Ornament and glory to weare it, when he is made a King; so I say unto thee, it's better that Christ should be honoured, than thy soule saved; and therefore performe duties, because they honour the Lord Jesus Christ. Thus use thy duties, but rest not in duties; nay, goe out of duties, & match thy soule to the Lord Jesus: take him for better & for worse, so live in him and upon him all thy dayes.