The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…

It is a sure ground against all fears, all doubts of presumption, all sense of unworthiness, and of the greatness of the good promised, &c. For the Saints have many fears whereby they dare not come, they fear they may presume, they see themselves most vile, and unworthy of the least smile; the benefits are so exceeding great, to which they are called, that they think it is too good for them, &c. but beloved, when the soul sees evidently, the Lord invites me, persuades me, commands me, waits for me, strives with me that I would come in, and because his grace is free, therefore requires no more but only to come & take, come ⟨p. 237⟩and drink: this forceth the soul to confess, I am sure it is no presumption to obey the call of Christ; and what though I am unworthy, and this good is exceeding great and precious, yet if it be the Lords grace to call such a poor wretch to receive and accept of it, why should I not rather thankfully receive it, then out of my own head superstitiously refuse it? but this I am sure and certain of, the Lord calls me, thus to do; if God should speak from heaven to you to come unto his Son, it is not so sure a ground as the call of God from out of the Ora•le of his word, in the blessed Gospel of his dear Sonne.

It is a sure ground against all feares, all doubts of presumption, all sense of unworthinesse, and of the greatnesse of the good promised, &c. For the Saints have many fear•s whereby they dare not come, they feare they may presume, they see themselves most vile, and unworthy of the least smile; the benefits are so exceeding great, to which they are called, that they think it is too good for them, &c. but beloved, when the soule sees evidently, the Lord invites me, perswades me, commands me, waits for me, strives with me that I would come in, and because his grace is free, therefore requires no more but only to come & take, come ⟨p. 237⟩and drinke: this forceth the soul to confesse, I am sure it is no presumption to obey the call of Christ; and what though I am unworthy, and this good is exceeding great and precious, yet if it be the Lords grace to call such a poore wretch to receive and accept of it, why should I not rather thankfully receive it, then out of my own head superstitiously refuse it? but this I am sure and certaine of, the Lord calls me, thus to doe; if God should speak from heaven to you to come unto his Sonne, it is not so sure a ground as the call of God from out of the Orale of his word, in the blessed Gospell of his deare Sonne.