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

and that is very observable further in the Text, Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God that works in you. That is a place that many people grossly abuse, they think they need do nothing; but mark how boldly do these people cross the Spirit of God in the Text, for the Spirit of God makes this Argument, do you work out your salvation, because God works, and say they, It must be God that works, and therefore I will do nothing; Oh! if you should wilfully go on in ways of provocation to God, and upon your sick-bed, and death-bed, cry, Oh Lord! that now thou wouldest be pleased to work upon my soul, as thou usest to work upon those that thou intendest to save; If God should make this answer, Thou a bold wretch, that hast provoked the eyes of my glory all thy days, and dost thou now cry to me to do it? If any of you do think that there will ever be a time when you will stand in need of Gods mercy to save your souls, you had need walk with fear and trembling before this God; Now I put this to the soul of every one here, dost thou not think, O thou sinful soul, that there will be a time that thou shalt stand in need of the mercy of God? and what course dost thou take now before-hand? is that course that thou takest before-hand a continual provocation of God? is that a good preparation to that time? if there were a man that you lived near, though for the present you care not for him, but slighted him, yet if you knew that there would be a time that you must stand in need of that man, so as if he should forsake you, you would be a lost man, would you dare to provoke that man? we all know what need we shall have of the mercy ⟨p. 317⟩of God, and therefore we had need walk with fear and trembling before him.

and that is very observable further in the Text, Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling, for it is God that works in you. That is a place that many people grosly abuse, they think they need do nothing; but mark how boldly do these people cross the Spirit of God in the Text, for the Spirit of God makes this Argument, do you work out your salvation, because God works, and say they, It must bee God that works, and therefore I will do nothing; Oh! if you should wilfully go on in waies of provocation to God, and upon your sick-bed, and death-bed, cry, Oh Lord! that now thou wouldest bee pleased to work upon my soul, as thou usest to work upon those that thou intendest to save; If God should make this answer, Thou a bold wretch, that hast provok'd the eyes of my glory all thy daies, and dost thou now cry to mee to do it? If any of you do think that there will ever bee a time when you will stand in need of Gods mercy to save your souls, you had need walk with fear and trembling before this God; Now I put this to the soul of every one here, dost thou not think, O thou sinful soul, that there will bee a time that thou shalt stand in need of the mercy of God? and what course dost thou take now before-hand? is that course that thou takest before-hand a continual provocation of God? is that a good preparation to that time? if there were a man that you lived neer, though for the present you care not for him, but slighted him, yet if you knew that there would bee a time that you must stand in need of that man, so as if hee should forsake you, you would bee a lost man, would you dare to provoke that man? wee all know what need wee shall have of the mercy