Secondly, Look again, and see whether your Fears be not indeed Ungrounded ones. Perhaps you conclude Rashly against yourselves, and ought to Recall the Verdict which you have passed upon your unregeneracy. We read in Math.17.20. about, Faith as a Grain of Mustard seed; and yet it is a True Faith, which is thus almost Invisible. There are Little Babes in the Family, and there are Tender Grapes in the Vineyard, of the Lord Jesus Christ, if you come but under Those Denominations yet you are to be Encouraged: You may stand not like Olive-plants about the Table of the Lord, but rather like Bruised Reeds; nevertheless He will not Break you there. Our God says in Amos.9.9. The least Grain shall not fall to the Earth. If there is but the Least Grain of Grace in your Souls, God ha's made a glorious provision for it; and the Holy Supper is part of that provision. But what is the Least Grain? Why, A Grief is a Grain. Is it the Real and Cordial Grief of you Souls, That you Repent so poorly, That you Believe so feebly, and, That you Love so faintly? Then you Have, what you Grieve because you Want, Again, A Groan is a Grain. Is it the most ⟨p. 131⟩lively Groan of your Souls, Oh that I had the Repentance which is unto Salvation! and, O• That I had the Faith, which is the gift of God! and, Oh That He that knows all things, might know that I love Him! Then you have what you Groan to have. Even, The Desires of Grace are Grace, when they be of Grace as such. We find, in Ne•. 1.11. That God has a special Respect, unto those who, Desire to Fear His Name. Doth all the Design of God for His Elect, meet with a Desire in you after an Interest in it? Is there no Distemper of your Souls, which you Desire not the Removal of […] Is there no Salvation of the Lord Jesus which you Desire not the Bestowal of? Are you Desirous, to have all the Fruits of the Spirit, even all of His Grace thriving in you? Then be of good cheer; I know not what Scare-Crow should now fright you from the sweet-smelling Field which is blessed by the Lord.
Secondly, Look again, and see whether your Fears be not indeed Ungrounded ones. Perhaps you conclude Rashly against yourselves, and ought to Recall the Verdict which you have passed upon your unregeneracy. We read in Math.17.20. about, Faith as a Grain of Mustard seed; and yet it is a True Faith, which is thus almost Invisible. There are Little Babes in the Family, and there are Tender Grapes in the Vineyard, of the Lord Jesus Christ, if you come but under Those Denominations yet you are to be Encouraged: You may stand not like Olive-plants about the Table of the Lord, but rather like Bruised Reeds; nevertheless He will not Break you there. Our God says in Amos.9.9. The least Grain shall not fall to the Earth. If there is but the Least Grain of Grace in your Souls, God ha's made a glorious provision for it; and the Holy Supper is part of that provision. But what is the Least Grain? Why, A Grief is a Grain. Is it the Real and Cordial Grief of you Souls, That you Repent so poorly, That you Beleeve so feebly, and, That you Love so faintly? Then you Have, what you Grieve because you Want, Again, A Groan is a Grain. Is it the most ⟨p. 131⟩lively Groan of your Souls, Oh that I had the Repentance which is unto Salvation! and, O• That I had the Faith, which is the gift of God! and, Oh That He that know•s all things, might know that I love Him! Then you have what you Groan to have. Even, The Desires of Grace are Grace, when they be of Grace as such. We find, in Ne•. 1.11. That God has a special Respect, unto those who, Desire to Fear His Name. Doth all the Design of God for His Elect, meet with a Desire in you after an Interest in it? Is there no Distemper of your Souls, which you Desire not the Removal of 〈…〉 Is there no Salvation of the Lord Jesus which you Desire not the Bestowal of? Are you Desirous, to have all the Fruits of the Spirit, even all of His Grace thriving in you? Then be of good cheer; I know not what Scare-Crow should now fright you from the sweet-smelling Field which is blessed by the Lord.
