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…

Consider for what end the Lord calls thee; is it not to come and take possession of all the grace of Christ, Gal. 1.6. nay of all the glory of Christ, 1 Thess. 2.12. nay to a most near, sweet, and everlasting fellowship with Christ himself? 1 Cor. 1.9. and can I say any more? can you desire any more then this? if the Lord should say unto any of us, Come into the garden, and there watch and pray with me, sorrow and suffer with me; who of us would not account our selves unworthy of such honour? but for the Lord to say, Come and enter into your rest, the land, the kingdom of grace and glory is before ⟨p. 245⟩you, go up and possess it, oh where are our hearts, if this call will not draw? if the Lord should say at the day of judgement, when the heavens and earth shall be on a light fire, and the Lord Jesus set upon the throne of his glory, admired of all his Saints and Angels; Come you blessed and take the kingdom prepared for you, would you not gladly come at that call? oh beloved, the Lord Jesus now in the throne of his glory in heaven, behold he calls you unto a better good then that kingdom; he calls you to come and take himself and all his precious benefits, prepared for you, though in thy self accursed; and would he have you take possession of all this? is it not the praise of the riches of his grace? Eph. 1. If this be his end, then if thou wilt not come for thy own good, yet for his sake, his grace sake come in.

Consider for what end the Lord calls thee; is it not to come and take possession of all the grace of Christ, Gal. 1.6. nay of all the glory of Christ, 1 Thess. 2.12. nay to a most neare, sweet, and everlasting fellowship with Christ himselfe? 1 Cor. 1.9. and can I say any more? can you desire any more then this? if the Lord should say unto any of us, Come into the garden, and there watch and pray with me, sorrow and suffer with me; who of us would not account our selves unworthy of such honour? but for the Lord to say, Come and enter into your rest, the land, the kingdome of grace and glory is before