Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…

Reader, now therefore especially, if thy soul be in a flame, be careful out of what well thou drawest thy water to quench it. This is one of the chiefest (nay the chiefest of all) fundamentals in Religion; and therefore it behoveth thee to be very tender. Now thou art nigh drowning, near sinking in the Ocean of divine fury, thou hadst need to make sure that the bough or stake, or what ever it be by which thou ⟨p. 173⟩holdest be strong enough, and able to bear thy weight. It is likely, (nay it is certain, if thou art humbled as aforesaid) thou prayest, thou mournest, thou sighest, thou loathest thy self for thy wickedness, thou admirest God for his forbearance, thou longest after help and deliverance; be sure that thou do not look on these as so much money wherewith thou mayest purchase thy pardon, and buy off thy guilt; for believe it if thou doest, as white as thy silver is, it will draw black lines, instead of wiping off thy old score, thou wilt thereby run further in debt. Evangelical humiliation is required, not so much to make thee acceptable to Christ, as to make Christ acceptable to thee. It is a good evidence of the beginnings of sanctification, but it is a bad advocate for thy justification. It is as truly dangerous to appear before God in the rags of thy own righteousness, as in thy sinful nakedness.

Reader, now therefore especially, if thy soul be in a flame, be careful out of what well thou drawest thy water to quench it. This is one of the chiefest (nay the chiefest of all) fundamentals in Religion; and therefore it behoveth thee to be very tender. Now thou art nigh drowning, neer sinking in the Ocean of divine fury, thou hadst need to make sure that the bough or stake, or what ever it be by which thou ⟨p. 173⟩holdest be strong enough, and able to bear thy weight. It is likely, (nay it is certain, if thou art humbled as aforesaid) thou prayest, thou mournest, thou sighest, thou loathest thy self for thy wickednesse, thou admirest God for his forbearance, thou longest after help and deliverance; be sure that thou do not look on these as so much money wherewith thou maiest purchase thy pardon, and buy off thy guilt; for believe it if thou doest, as white as thy silver is, it will draw black lines, instead of wiping off thy old score, thou wilt thereby run further in debt. Evangelical humiliation is required, not so much to make thee acceptable to Christ, as to make Christ acceptable to thee. It is a good evidence of the beginnings of sanctification, but it is a bad advocate for thy justification. It is as truly dangerous to appear before God in the rags of thy own righteousnesse, as in thy sinful nakednesse.