Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

Secondly, Others, they lose their souls by pawning of them away; by pawning of them, what is that you will say? why, you know what it is to pawn a thing, when you come and receive from a Broker such a thing, you lay something else to pawn for it, and upon this condition, that within such a time you bring them such a thing that you bargain for, and if you do not bring it against that time, then you lose your pawn: Thus many pawn away their souls; when there is a temptation to any sin, and they have a mind to it, now upon the commission of this sin thou dost lay thy soul to pawn to the Devil, only upon this condition, that if thou dost repent and believe before God cuts thee off, then thou shalt have thy soul again; upon these terms most people sin, and in case thou dost not bring repentance and belief in Christ, thy soul is gone: I appeal to you, there is a temptation to sin, you know it is a sin, and there is a great deal of danger in it, well but you have a mind to it, and you will needs have it, now you will acknowledge this, indeed if I do not repent, then I shall be damned, but before I die, I hope to repent, and so I hope that my soul shall not perish; that is as much as to say, I will lay my soul in pawn, and if I can bring repentance before I die, I will have my soul again, but if I do not, then my soul is gone; thus upon the commission of every sin, thou dost lay thy soul to pawn, the devil hath it upon such terms as these: Now how many ⟨p. 274⟩thousands have lost this their pawn, they have not brought Faith and Repentance within their time before they died, and so the Devil hath kept the pawn, and will keep it for ever: And it is more dangerous the laying of such a pawn, than the ordinary laying of pawns to Brokers.

Secondly, Others, they lose their souls by pawning of them away; by pawning of them, what is that you will say? why, you know what it is to pawn a thing, when you come and receive from a Broker such a thing, you lay something else to pawn for it, and upon this condition, that within such a time you bring them such a thing that you bargain for, and if you do not bring it against that time, then you lose your pawn: Thus many pawn away their souls; when there is a temptation to any sin, and they have a mind to it, now upon the commission of this sin thou dost lay thy soul to pawn to the Devil, onely upon this condition, that if thou dost repent and beleeve before God cuts thee off, then thou shalt have thy soul again; upon these tearms most people sin, and in case thou dost not bring repentance and beleef in Christ, thy soul is gone: I appeal to you, there is a temptation to sin, you know it is a sin, and there is a great deal of danger in it, well but you have a mind to it, and you will needs have it, now you will acknowledge this, indeed if I do not repent, then I shall bee damned, but before I die, I hope to repent, and so I hope that my soul shall not perish; that is as much as to say, I will lay my soul in pawn, and if I can bring repentance before I die, I will have my soul again, but if I do not, then my soul is gone; thus upon the commission of every sin, thou dost lay thy soul to pawn, the devil hath it upon such tearms as these: Now how many