The door of salvation opened by the key of regeneration

When Uriah was bid by David to go down to his house and refresh himself; he answered, The Ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in Tents, and my Lord Joab, and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into mine house to eat and drink and lie with my wife! As thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 2 Sam. 11.11. Mark, The good man could ⟨p. 202⟩take no pleasure in relations or possessions, because the natural lives of others were in danger; nay, he forswears the use of those comforts for that very cause. How then canst thou solace thy self with lying vanities, when thine Eternal life is (not in jeopardy, but) lost really, and thou canst not assure thy self one day for its recovery!

When Ʋriah was bid by David to go down to his house and refresh himself; he answered, The Ark, and Israel, and Judah abide in Tents, and my Lord Joab, and the servants of my Lord are encamped in the open fields: shall I then go into mine house to eat and drink and lie with my wife! As thou livest, and as thy soul liveth, I will not do this thing. 2 Sam. 11.11. Mark, The good man could ⟨p. 202⟩take no pleasure in relations or possessions, because the natural lives of others were in danger; nay, he forswears the use of those comforts for that very cause. How then canst thou solace thy self with lying vanities, when thine Eternal life is (not in jeopardy, but) lost really, and thou canst not assure thy self one day for its recovery!

Shouldst thou see a condemned prisoner (which knoweth not whether he shall be hanged on the morrow, or the day after) hawking or hunting, sprucing himself, or sporting with his jovial companions; what thoughts wouldst thou have of such a man? wouldst thou not think, surely this man is mad, or desperate! were he not beside himself, he would mind somewhat else, since he is so near his end. But, Friend, turn thine eyes inward, and see whether there is not infinitely more reason, why thou shouldst wonder at thine own folly and madness, who art by the word of the dreadful God condemned, not to be hanged, but to be damned; not to the gallows, but to the unquenchable fire, and canst not tell whether this night, or to morrow morning justice shall be done upon thee, and yet thou art buying and selling, eating and drinking, pampering the perishing body, never minding or thinking what shall become of thy poor precious soul to eternity!