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

First, In the first place, That soul to whom God hath not made known, and convinced it of the dangerous natural condition in which it is, if such a soul should depart from the body, it would be lost. — Only let me premise these two cautions; I do not speak of Infants, but of those that are come to years, and that live under means: — And I speak of Gods ordinary way; we will not limit God, what he may do in extraordinary ways, but in an ordinary course and way of Gods dealings with the children of men, that he lets live to come to years, and be under means, these following rules will discover who they are that at the present are in a lost condition; I say, such to whom God hath never revealed and convinced them of the evil of their natural condition, in which they were born, in which they are, if God should let them so die, and make ⟨p. 288⟩known no more to them than he hath, such a soul would be lost, and that upon this ground, because that without Faith it must be lost, that is acknowledged by all; he that believes not shall be damned, is condemned already. Now, there cannot be Faith in a Saviour to save the soul, but it must needs imply that I know what a dangerous condition I am in by sin. For there is even a contradiction implied in my believing in Christ, as a Saviour, and yet I not convinced of the damnable condition that I am in without this Christ.

First, In the first place, That soul to whom God hath not made known, and convinc'd it of the dangerous natural condition in which it is, if such a soul should depart from the body, it would bee lost. — Onely let mee premise these two cautions; I do not speak of Infants, but of those that are come to years, and that live under means: — And I speak of Gods ordinary way; wee will not limit God, what hee may do in extraordinary waies, but in an ordinary course and way of Gods dealings with the children of men, that hee lets live to come to years, and bee under means, these following rules will discover who they are that at the present are in a lost condition; I say, such to whom God hath never revealed and convinced them of the evil of their natural condition, in which they were born, in which they are, if God should let them so die, and make ⟨p. 288⟩known no more to them than hee hath, such a soul would bee lost, and that upon this ground, because that without Faith it must bee lost, that is acknowledged by all; hee that beleeves not shall bee damned, is condemned already. Now, there cannot bee Faith in a Saviour to save the soul, but it must needs imply that I know what a dangerous condition I am in by sin. For there is even a contradiction implied in my beleeving in Christ, as a Saviour, and yet I not convinced of the damnable condition that I am in without this Christ.