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 consider, you that are ignorant of Christ, that never sought after Christ many a year together, that have continually provoked him to his face, how the Lord calls you, Isay 65.1, 2, 3. you, even you, are those the Lord calls, and will you not come?

oh consider, you that are ignorant of Christ, that never sought after Christ many a yeare together, that have continually provoked him to his face, how the Lord calls you, Isay 65.1, 2, 3. you, even you, are those the Lord calls, and will you not come?

Consider why the Lord calls thee, is it because he hath any need of you to honour §3him? I tell you, he could have gone to others that would have given his Gospel better welcome th•n it hath had from you; he could have gone to many Kings and Princes, and out of that golden mettle have made himself vessels of honour, rather then out of such base mould as thou art made of; he could have honoured himself in thy ruin, as in many millions of other men, and lose ⟨p. 244⟩nothing by thee neither: he could have been blessed without you in the bosom of his Father; or is it because thou hast done any thing for him? alas! thou hast not returned him thy nutshells, thou hast not had so much as a form of Religion, thou hast done as much mischief to him as thou couldst, Jer. 3.5. thou hast wearied him with thine iniquities, and made him serve with thy sins, and hast sadded his heart exceedingly by strange impenitency; Isay 43.24. The only reason that hath moved him to call to thee, hath been pity to thee, seeing thee running to the fire that never can be quenched, without stop or stay; 2 Chron. 36.15, 16. and because thou art fallen by thine iniquities,