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…

the way of sin though never so peaceable before, is full of danger now, wherein it sees there are endless woes and everlasting deaths that lye in wait for it, Rom. 6.21. And now saith the Spirit, you may go on in these sinful courses as others do, if you see meet, but oh consider what will be the end of them; what it is to enjoy the pleasures of sin for a season, ⟨p. 22⟩and to be tormented for ever for them in the conclusion, for be assured that will be the end: and hence the soul seeing it self thus set apart for death, looks upon it self in a far worse estate then the brute beasts, or vilest worm upon the earth; for it thinks when they dye there is an end of their misery; but oh then is the beginning of mine for ever: hence also arise those fears of death & of being suddenly cut off, that when it lies down, it trembles to think I may never rise again, because it's convinced, not only that it deserves to dye, but that it is already sentenced for to dye: hence also the soul justifies God, if he had cut him off in his sin; and wonders what kept him from it, there being nothing else due from God unto it: hence lastly, the soul is stopped and stands still, goes not on in sin as before; or if it doth, the Lord gives it no peace: Jer. 8.6. Why doth the horse go on in the battle? because it sees not death before it; but now the soul sees death, and therefore stops: oh remember this all you that never could believe that you are dead condemned men, and therefore are never troubled with any such thoughts in your mind; I tell you, that you are far from conviction, and therefore far from salvation: if God should send some from the dead to bear witness against this secure world concerning this truth, yet you will not believe ⟨p. 23⟩it, for his messengers sent from heaven are not believed herein; woe be to you if you remain unconvinced of this point.

the way of sinne though never so peaceable before, is full of d•nger now, wherein it sees there are endlesse woes and everlasting deaths that lye in wait for it, Rom. 6.21