Four books on the eleventh of Matthew

Fifthly: Another head is this, what thou wouldest be if God should but leave thee; though he hath done great things for thee, and showed thee himself, and Christ, and showed thee the evil of sin, and eternal life, yet for all this if he should but leave thee to thy self one quarter of an hour, thou wouldest depart from him, and lose all that Grace thou hast, and be brought into a miserable condition as ever thou wert, thou wouldst be plunged into the depth of all evil. Yea, if God should but withdraw his Spirit from thee one moment Oh consider what thou wouldest be! and if God should come out against thee in his anger and displeasure, what a dreadful change would there be of that condition in which now thou art. Now indeed thou hast a great many things wherein thy heart is satisfied and delighted and many excellencies thou hast that ⟨p. 630⟩perhaps thy heart is lifted up in, but what wouldest thou be in regard of thy spirituals if God should withdraw from thee, thou wouldest leave all thy spiritual estate, thou wouldest be in a worse condition than ever thou wert. And for thy natural estate, thy parts of nature, or activity of body, or strength, what would become of them if God should withdraw from thee. And so thy outward estate, how soon might God send fire upon thy House, or upon thy Ship, and how soon mightest thou lose all, and be brought into woeful extremity; you that enjoy much now, yet meditate what you might be in a moment, if God should withdraw himself from you, and especially if he should come out against you.

Fifthly: Another head is this, what thou wouldest be if God should but leave thee; though he hath done great things for thee, and shewed thee himself, and Christ, and shewed thee the evil of sin, and eternal life, yet for al this if he should but leave thee to thy self one quarter of an hour, thou wouldest depart from him, and lose al that Grace thou hast, and be brought into a miserable condition as ever thou wert, thou wouldst be plunged into the depth of al evil. Yea, if God should but withdraw his Spirit from thee one moment Oh consider what thou wouldest be! and if God should come out against thee in his anger and displeasure, what a dreadful change would there be of that condition in which now thou art. Now indeed thou hast a great many things wherein thy heart is satisfied and delighted and many excellencies thou hast that ⟨p. 630⟩perhaps thy heart is lifted up in, but what wouldest thou be in regard of thy spirituals if God should withdraw from thee, thou wouldest leave all thy spiritual estate, thou wouldest be in a worse condition than ever thou wert. And for thy natural estate, thy parts of nature, or activity of body, or strength, what would become of them if God should withdraw from thee. And so thy outward estate, how soon might God send fire upon thy House, or upon thy Ship, and how soon mightest thou lose all, and be brought into woful extremity; you that enjoy much now, yet meditate what you might be in a moment, if God should withdraw himself from you, and especially if he should come out against you.