[The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true believers, and the great difficulty…[The sincere convert, discovering the small number of true beleevers, and the great difficulty…

Secondly, a dead man feareth no dangers, use 2 though never so great, though never so near. Let Ministers bring a natural man tidings of the approach of the devouring plagues of God denounced, he feareth them not.

Secondly, a dead man feareth no dangers, use 2 though never so great, though never so near. Let Ministers bring a natural man tydings of the approach of the devouring plagues of God denounced, he feareth them not.

Thirdly, a dead man cannot be drawn use 3 to accept of the best offers. Let Christ come out of heaven, and fall about the neck of a natural man, and with tears in his eyes beseech him to take his blood, himself, his Kingdom, and leave his sins, he cannot receive this offer.

Fourthly, a dead man is stark blind, use 4 and can see nothing,¹ and stark deaf and hears nothing: he cannot taste any thing; so a natural man is stark blind, he seeth no God, no Christ, no wrath of the Almighty, no glory of heaven: He heareth the voice of a man• but he heareth not the voice of God in a Sermon ••he •avoreth not the things of Gods Spirit.

Fourthly, a dead man is stark blind, use 4 and can see nothing,¹ and stark deaf and hears nothing: he cannot taste any thing; so a natural man is stark blind, he seeth no God, no Christ, no wrah of the Almighty, no glory of heaven: He heareth the voice of a man but he heareth not the voice of God in a Sermon he avoreth not the things of Gods Spirit.