Christ's certain and sudden appearance to judgment

20. Come forth all ye Impenitent Persons and Unbelievers, all ye that have not yielded obedience to the Gospel; were you not called to repentance by Ministers, and the spirit in Ordinances? and when a stiller voice was not heard, were you not called ⟨p. 115⟩louder by God in his Judgments? did you not know, that except you repented, you would certainly perish? that iniquity would be your ruin, unless your heart were broken for it and from it, and yet were you, though you lay under the guil• of so much sin, could you be so impenitent and hard-hearted? were not you called to me by the voice of the Gospel? did not I call you and stretch out my hand all the day long to you? did not I stand at the door of your heart, and wo• hard for entertainment? and yet could you shut the door against me, though you had so much need of me? had you not commands, and encouragements to believe? could you rationally desire firmer ground and footing for your faith? did not you give God the lie by your unbelief? have you not hereby fastened the guilt of all your other sins upon your selves, which I was willing to take off from you? would any sin against the Law have condemned you, had you turned from it, and yielded obedience to the Gospel? were you not foretold of the wrath to come, and yet would you not fly from it? were you not pr•ffered a Saviour, and yet would you not accept of him? had you not treasures opened before you, end would you not look after them? were you not shown the way to Heaven, and would not you walk in it? how can you escape, that have been guilty of disobedience to the Gospel? Take them Devils, bind them hand and foot.

20. Come forth all yee Impenitent Persons and Unbelievers, all yee that have not yielded obedience to the Gospel; were you not called to repentance by Ministers, and the spirit in Ordinances? and when a stiller voice was not heard, were you not called ⟨p. 115⟩louder by God in his Iudgments? did you not know, that except you repented, you would certainly perish? that iniquity would be your ruine, unless your heart were broken for it and from it, and yet were you, though you lay under the guil• of so much sin, could you be so impenitent and hard-hearted? were not you called to me by the voice of the Gospel? did not I call you and stretch out my hand all the day long to you? did not I stand at the door of your heart, and wo hard for entertainment? and yet could you shut the door against me, though you had so much need of me? had you not commands, and encouragements to believe? could you rationally desire firmer ground and footing for your faith? did not you give God the lie by your unbelief? have you not hereby fastned the guilt of all your other sins upon your selves, which I was willing to take off from you? would any sin against the Law have condemned you, had you turned from it, and yielded obedience to the Gospel? were you not foretold of the wrath to come, and yet would you not flie from it? were you not prffered a Saviour, and yet would you not accept of him? had you not treasures opened before you, end would you not look after them? were you not shown the way to Heaven, and would not you walk in it? how can you escape, that have been guilty of disobedience to the Gospel? Take them Devils, binde them hand and foot.