[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…

Fifthly, He is cast into utter darkness, §Vas cruel jailers put their prisoners into the worst dungeons,¹ so satan doth natural men, 2 Cor. 4.3.4. They see no God, no Christ: they see not the happiness of the Saints in light: they see not these dreadful torments that should now in this day of grace awaken them, and humble them, Oh, those by-paths which thousands wandered from God in: they have no lamp to their feet, to show them where they err. Thou that art in thy natural state, art ⟨p. 54⟩born blind, and the devil hath binded thine eyes more by sin, and God in justice hath blinded them worse for sin, so that thou art in a corner of hell, because thou art in utter darkness, where thou hast not a glimpse of any saving truth.

Fifthly, He is cast into utter darkness, §Vas cruel jaylors put their prisoners into the worst dungeons,¹ so satan doth natural men, 2 Cor. 4.3.4. They see no God, no Christ: they see not the happiness of the Saints in light: they see not these dreadful torments that should now in this day of grace awaken them, and humble them, Oh, those by-paths which thousands wandred from God in: they have no lamp to their feet, to show them where they erre. Thou that art in thy natural state, art ⟨p. 54⟩born blind, and the devil hath binded thine eyes more by sin, and God in justice hath blinded them worse for sin, so that thou art in a corner of hell, because thou art in utter darknesse, where thou hast not a glimpse of any saving truth.

1. 12. Pet. 2.10