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

Tenthly, If thou wouldest have thy soul be saved, take heed of sinning against the price of thy soul, against the blood of the covenant, and against mercy; take heed of these three things, take heed of sinning against Jesus Christ that paid the price, against the Gospel, that revealed the price of thy soul; Oh take heed above all things of turning the grace of God into wantonness! let not the free grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ be turned to be a means to harden thy soul in sin, to think thou mayest take the more liberty to have the satisfaction of the lusts of the flesh, why, because Jesus Christ came to save sinners; let me say to thee, as Peter to Simon Magus, Oh Pray if it be possible that the thoughts of thy heart may be forgiven thee. If thou hast ever had such reasonings in thy heart, why, Jesus Christ came to save sinners; and the grace of the Gospel, that is free and full enough to save souls, though they be never such great sinners, and upon that thou hast taken more liberty; Oh thou hadst need fall down before the Lord, and cry, If it be possible that such a thought of thy heart might be forgiven thee; if you look into the Epistle of Jude, you shall find a dreadful passage against such as turn the grace of God into wantonness; it is made a sign of a Reprobate, and it is as black a brand of a Reprobate as any one, to turn the grace of God (and especially that grace of God that is in the price that is paid for souls, to turn that) into wantonness is the most dreadful hinderance of saving of a soul, that possibly can be; Oh take heed of sinning against Jesus Christ the great Saviour of souls, but honour Jesus Christ all the ways you can; would you fain have your souls saved? Christ is the great Saviour of souls, and you had need honour him, (Kiss ⟨p. 334⟩the Son lest he be angry) and love him;¹ you had need love his ordinances, and all his members, and all his people; you had need give all the respect that may be to him, because he is the only Saviour of souls: — And for the blood of the Covenant, take heed you sin not against that, let it not be accounted as a common thing; Oh do not prize the satisfying of your own lusts, rather than the blood of the Covenant, and all the good that was purchased by that blood;

Tenthly, If thou wouldest have thy soul bee saved, take heed of sinning against the price of thy soul, against the blood of the covenant, and against mercy; take heed of these three things, take heed of sinning against Jesus Christ that paid the price, against the Gospel, that revealed the price of thy soul; Oh take heed above all things of turning the grace of God into wantonness! let not the free grace of God revealed in Jesus Christ bee turned to bee a means to harden thy soul in sin, to think thou mayest take the more liberty to have the satisfaction of the lusts of the flesh, why, because Jesus Christ came to save sinners; let mee say to thee, as Peter to Simon Magus, Oh Pray if it bee possible that the thoughts of thy heart may be forgiven thee. If thou hast ever had such reasonings in thy heart, why, Jesus Christ came to save sinners; and the grace of the Gospel, that is free and full enough to save souls, though they bee never such great sinners, and upon that thou hast taken more liberty; Oh thou hadst need fall down before the Lord, and cry, If it bee possible that such a thought of thy heart might bee forgiven thee; if you look into the Epistle of Jude, you shall finde a dreadful passage against such as turn the grace of God into wantonness; it is made a sign of a Reprobate, and it is as black a brand of a Reprobate as any one, to turn the grace of God (and especially that grace of God that is in the price that is paid for souls, to turn that) into wantonness is the most dreadful hinderance of saving of a soul, that possibly can bee; Oh take heed of sinning against Jesus Christ the great Saviour of souls, but honour Jesus Christ all the waies you can; would you fain have your souls saved? Christ is the great Saviour of souls, and you had need honour him, (Kiss