The Christian's charter showing the privileges of a believerThe Christian's charter shewing the priviledges of a believer

Thus having briefly shown you the Nature of Faith, I now come to the reflexive Act: Have you faith or no? And here let me turn §1my self, first to Unbelievers, such as cannot find that they have this uniting, this espousing grace; what shall I say to you? Go home and mourn; think with your selves, what if you should die this night? what if God should send you a Letter ⟨p. 255⟩of summons to surrender, what would become of you? you want that grace which should entitle you to Christ and Heaven: oh, I say, mourn: yet mourn not as them without hope, for in the use of means you may recover a Title. I know it is otherwise in our Law-Courts; if a Title to an Estate be once lost, it can never be recovered: but it is otherwise here; though thou hast no Title to Christ to day, yet thou mayest recover a Title: thou hast not sinned away the hope of a Title, unless thou hast sinned away the sense of sinning. To such as are resolved to go on in sin, I have not a word to say, they are upon the spur to go to hell: but to you that have been prodigal sons, but are now taking up serious resolutions to give a bill of divorce to your sins; let me encourage you to come to Christ, and to throw your selves upon his blood; for yet a Title to Heaven is recoverable.

Thus having briefly shewn you the Nature of Faith, I now come to the reflexive Act: Have you faith or no? And here let me turne §1my self, first to Unbelievers, such as cannot find that they have this uniting, this espousing grace; what shall I say to you? Go home and mourn; think with your selves, what if you should die this night? what if God should send you a Letter ⟨p. 255⟩of summons to surrender, what would become of you? you want that grace which should intitle you to Christ and Heaven: oh, I say, mourn: yet mourn not as them without hope, for in the use of means you may recover a Title. I know it is otherwise in our Law-Courts; if a Title to an Estate be once lost, it can never be recovered: but it is otherwise here; though thou hast no Title to Christ to day, yet thou may'st recover a Title: thou hast not sin'd away the hope of a Title, unless thou hast sinn'd away the sense of sinning. To such as are resolv'd to go on in sinne, I haue not a word to say, they are upon the spur to go to hell: but to you that have been prodigall sonnes, but are now taking up serious resolutions to give a bill of divorce to your sins; let me encourage you to come to Christ, and to throw your selves upon his blood; for yet a Title to Heaven is recoverable.