But I must not stand too long instructing you at the door, when my business is to call you in, and to tell you that here is a Message to you from the Lord; A Treatise of Regeneration, the most necessary Subject, in a stile so clean and close, in words so pertinent, plain, powerful and pressing, that undoubtedly by a serious impartial perusal, joined with sober consideration and prayer, thy soul may receive unspeakable commodity. Though I know not the Author, I am so far acquainted with the spirit appearing in this Discourse, that I dare assure thee he had very much help from heaven; and dare encourage thee to study this savoury Treatise, as that which containeth most certain, sound, and necessary doctrine, directly tending to the saving of thy soul, without any tendency to Heresy, Schism, or uncharitable censoriousness: A Doctrine necessary for the learned or unlearned, the rich and the poor, the honourable and the base, and for men of all degrees and ranks: which if it had been more heartily studied, and inculcated in public and in private, by all Preachers of the Gospel, instead of the humane inventions, ⟨image 15⟩and Canons, and Opinions, and interests of their several Sects, the Church and the consciences of the Pastors and their Flocks had been now much wholer and sounder then they are. Believe it, whatever thou art, thou shalt never be saved for being a Lord, or a Knight, a Gentleman, or a rich man, a learned man, or a well-spoken eloquent man; nor yet for being a Calvinist, or a Lutheran, an Arminian, an Anabaptist, a Prelatist, a Presbyterian, an Independent, or a Protestant formally and merely as such, much less for being a Papist or of any such grossly deluded Sect: but as a Regenerate Christian it is that thou must be saved, or thou canst have no hope. If once this renewing Spirit have taken possession of thy soul, and thou art made partaker of the Divine and Heavenly nature, and art become a living Member of Christ, thou shalt be saved, though thou know not whether Diocesan Bishops, Metropolitans, Primates and Patriarchs, or only Parochial Bishops be most agreeable to the mind of God; and though thou know not whether any other Book than the Bible should contain the Liturgy of the Church;
But I must not stand too long instructing you at the door, when my business is to call you in, and to tell you that here is a Message to you from the Lord; A Treatise of Regeneration, the most necessary Subject, in a stile so clean and close, in words so pertinent, plain, powerful and pressing, that undoubtedly by a serious impartial perusal, joyned with sober consideration and prayer, thy soul may receive unspeakable commodity. Though I know not the Author, I am so far acquainted with the spirit appearing in this Discourse, that I dare assure thee he had very much help from heaven; and dare encourage thee to study this savoury Treatise, as that which containeth most certain, sound, and necessary doctrine, directly tending to the saving of thy soul, without any tendency to Heresie, Schism, or uncharitable cenforiousness: A Doctrine necessary for the learned or unlearned, the rich and the poor, the honorable and the base, and for men of all degrees and ranks: which if it had been more heartily studied, and inculcated in publick and in private, by all Preachers of the Gospel, instead of the humane inventions, ⟨image 15⟩and Canons, and Opinions, and interests of their several Sects, the Church and the consciences of the Pastors and their Flocks had been now much wholer and sounder then they are. Believe it, whatever thou art, thou shalt never be saved for being a Lord, or a Knight, a Gentleman, or a rich man, a learned man, or a well-spoken eloquent man; nor yet for being a Calvinist, or a Lutheran, an Arminian, an Anabaptist, a Prelatist, a Presbyterian, an Independent, or a Protestant formally and meerly as such, much less for being a Papist or of any such grosly deluded Sect: but as a Regenerate Christian it is that thou must be saved, or thou canst have no hope. If once this renewing Spirit have taken possession of thy soul, and thou art made partaker of the Divine and Heavenly nature, and art become a living Member of Christ, thou shalt be saved, though thou know not whether Diocesan Bishops, Metropolitans, Primates and Patriarks, or onely Parochial Bishops be most agreeable to the minde of God; and though thou know not whether any other Book than the Bible should contain the Liturgy of the Church;
