So come to him,1 as that you keep your confidence, and keep your savour of him and joy in him, Heb. 3.14. with 6. let the word that called you be ever sweet & precious, as David said, Psal. 119.53. I will never forget thy Precepts, for by them thou hast quickened me. Let the Lord Jesus be ever fresh, Heb. 3.6. and as an ointment poured out; take •eed that the blood wherewith you are sanctified, do not grow a common thing, and promises ⟨p. 250⟩withered flowers, and Sermons of Christ and his grace (unless there be some new notions about them) as dead drink, for this is the great sin of this age; the old truths about the grace of Christ, and the simplicity of the Gospel is as water in mens shoes; Ministers must preach novelties, and make quintessential extracts out of the Scriptures, and it may be, press blood out of them sometime rather then milk, or else their doctrines are to many as Almanacs out of date, or as news they heard seven years since; and they knew this before: Oh the wrath of God upon this God-glutted, Christ-glutted, Gospel-glutted age; unless it be among a very few poor believers, whose souls are kept empty, poor, and hungry by some continual temptations or afflictions, and they are indeed glad of any thing, if it be any thing of Christ! Verily I am afraid such a dismal night is towards of spiritual desertions, and of outward, but sore afflictions of famine, war, blood, mortality, deaths of Gods precious servants especially; that the Lord will fill the hearts of all Churches, families, Christians, that shall be saved in those times, with such rendings, tearings, shakings, anguish of spirit, as scarce never more in the worst days of our fore-fathers; and that this shall continue, until the remnant that escape shall say, Blessed be he that cometh in the name of ⟨p. 251⟩the Lord; blessed be the face and feet of that Minister, that shall come unto us in Christs name, and tell us, that there is a Saviour for sinners, and that he calls us for to come.
So come to him,1 as that you keep your confidence, and keep your savour of him and joy in him, Heb. 3.14. with 6. let the word that called you be ever sweet & precious, as David said, Psal. 119.53. I will never forget thy Precepts, for by them thou hast quickned me. Let the Lord Jesus be ever fresh, Heb. 3.6. and as an oyntment powred out; take •eed that the blood wherewith you are sanctified, doe not grow a common thing, and promises ⟨p. 250⟩withered flowers, and Sermons of Christ and his grace (unlesse there be some new notions about them) as dead drinke, for this is the great sin of this age; the old truths about the grace of Christ, and the simplicity of the Gospell is as water in mens shoes; Ministers must preach novelties, and make quintessentiall extracts out of the Scriptures, and it may be, presse blood out of them sometime rather then milke, or else their doctrines are to many as Almanacks out of date, or as newes they heard seven yeares since; and they knew this before: Oh the wrath of God upon this God-glutted, Christ-glutted, Gospell-glutted age; unlesse it be among a very few poore beleevers, whose soules are kept empty, poore, and hungry by some continuall temptations or afflictions, and they are indeed glad of any thing, if it be any thing of Christ! Verily I am afraid such a dismal night is towards of spirituall desertions, and of outward, but sore afflictions of famin, war, blood, mortality, deaths of Gods precious servants especially; that the Lord will fill the hearts of all Churches, families, Christians, that shall be saved in those times, with such rendings, tearings, shakings, anguish of spirit, as scarce never more in the worst dayes of our fore-fathers; and that this shall continue, untill the remnant that escape shall say, Blessed be he that commeth in the name of ⟨p. 251⟩the Lord; bessed bee the face and feet of that Minister, that shall come unto us in Christs name, and tell us, that there is a Saviour for sinners, and that he calls us for to come.
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