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…

Oh beloved, if you did believe Christ called you poor prodigals (that have run riot, and sinned against him as much as you could) home unto him; suppose Christ was present, would it not draw you in? suppose he was with thee in the chamber, where thou art crying after him, or in the Church, where thou art waiting for him, and he should appear visibly before thine eyes, opening his bosom, and bowels, and blood before thee, and calling unto thee to this purpose, I do beseech thee and entreat thee by all these tears I have shed for thee in the days of my flesh, by all those bitter agonies I have suffered ⟨p. 241⟩for thee, by all these tender bowels which have been rolled together toward thee, come unto me, embrace me, lay thy wearied head in this blessed bosom of mine, crucify me no longer by thy sins, tre•d me not under foot by thy unbelief any more; and I will pardon all thy sins though as red as crimson, I will heal thy cursed nature, I will carry thee in my own bowels up to glory with me, where all si•s and tears and sorrows shall be abolished, &c. who would not now come in to him? let me see the man that hath a heart of Adamant that would not melt and come in at this; Oh my beloved, this very call is done as really by Christ in his Ministers now, though not so visibly and immediately as I now describe: and therefore take heed how you refuse to hear him that speaks from heaven, Heb. 12.25.

Oh beloved, if you did beleeve Christ called you poore prodigalls (that have run riot, and sinned against him as much as you could) home unto him; suppose Christ was present, would it not draw you in? suppose he was with thee in the chamber, where thou art crying after him, or in the Church, where thou art waiting for him, and he should appeare visibly before thine eyes, opening his bosome, and bowels, and blood before thee, and calling unto thee to this purpose, I doe beseech thee and intreat thee by all these teares I have shed for thee in the dayes of my flesh, by all those bitter agonies I have suffered ⟨p. 241⟩for thee, by all these tender bowels which have been rowled together toward thee, come unto me, embrace me, lay thy wearied head in this blessed bosome of mine, crucifie me no longer by thy sins, tred me not under foot by thy unbeleef any more; and I will pardon all thy sinnes though as red as crimson, I will heale thy cursed nature, I will carry thee in my owne bowells up to glory with me, where all sis and teares and sorrowes shall be abolished, &c. who would not now come in to him? let me see the man that hath a heart of Adamant that would not melt and come in at this; Oh my beloved, this very call is done as really by Christ in his Ministers now, though not so visibly and immediately as I now describe: and therefore take heed how you refuse to heare him that speakes from heaven,