The saints guide, in three treatises

Then the Spirit of God convinces a ⟨p. 37⟩man fully, that he hath not a word to say against the evidence of truth, he gives up the day, and saith, I confess I am the man, these are my sins, I must forsake these or perish; nay, I must forsake all my sins or else I forsake none: I see I cannot be a good Christian and a swearer, a proud vain person, a careless liver, then a Heathen, a profane Atheist will be as good a Christian. Thus the action being laid by Information, and the sinner cast in the action by the Spirits conviction. Then

Then the Spirit of God convinces a ⟨p. 37⟩man fully, that he hath not a word to say against the evidence of truth, hee gives up the day, and saith, I confesse I am the man, these are my sinnes, I must forsake these or perish; nay, I must forsake all my sinnes or else I forsake none: I see I cannot be a good Christian and a swearer, a proud vaine person, a carelesse liver, then a Heathen, a prophane Atheist will be as good a Christian. Thus the action being laide by Information, and the sinner cast in the action by the Spirits conviction. Then

3. Least the sinner now in this estate apprehending his sins and the heinousness of them, and of his desperate forlorn estate thereby should sink under his burden, the ⟨p. 38⟩Lord lets in the manifestation of his goodness into his soul, and the Soul thinks with it self how good is God in his providence to provide the means of grace to bring me under them, to show me my wanderings, Ah sinful, lost, undone creature; And yet the Gospel of grace and the word of grace invites me to mercy. Oh, Is it possible that such a foul as mine should be recovered? That I am yet alive, yet on this side hell, yet enjoy these means? Rom: 2.4. The goodness of the Lord leadeth unto repentance, and it encourageth the sinner both to comfort and amendment: doth the Lord vouchsafe me these mercies? why not my heart purged? why not my