N00768:46
The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair…
The great physician, inviting them that are sensible of their internal maladies, to repair unto him for his heavenly remedies. A brief discourse, meditated by one under bodily illness, and profitable for all that are under spiritual. : [Two lines in Latin from Ambrose]
printed by Timothy Green, 1700
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Secondly. A man must be Sensible, that Sin has Exposed him to Every sort of Evil. He must say, in Lam. 5.16. Woe is unto me, that I have Sinned. He is a Sick man indeed, that sees Death, and nothing but Death before him. A Soul Sensibly Sick, sees the Death, whereto he is by Sin become obnoxious. There is a Terror struck into such a Soul, by such a Thought as That, Rom. 6.23. The wages of Sin is Death. Such a Soul, is cast into an Agony of Consternation and Astonishment at the Condition, which it is by Sin brought into. It sees itself Seized by the dreadful Wrath & Curse of God, & shrieks, Oh! Wretched One that I am! These, These are the Soliloquies of a Sin Sick Soul; Alas, What shall I do? Where shall I go? I am Condemned by the Law of God; All the Threatenings and Thunders of it, are directed against me. The Chains of Hell are upon me, and I am held fast in the Bond of Iniquity; and I am a Captive of the Mighty: And if I Die in this ⟨p. 24⟩Condition, what, what will become of me throughout Eternal Ages?
Secondly. A man must be Sensible, that Sin has Exposed him to Every sort of Evil. He must say, in Lam. 5.16. Wo is unto me, that I have Sinned. He is a Sick man indeed, that sees Death, and nothing but Death before him. A Soul Sensibly Sick, sees the Death, whereto he is by Sin become obnoxious. There is a Terror struck into such a Soul, by such a Thought as That, Rom. 6.23. The wages of Sin is Death. Such a Soul, is cast into an Agony of Consternation and Astonishment at the Condition, which it is by Sin brought into. It sees itself Siezed by the dreadful Wrath & Curse of God, & shrieks, Oh! Wretched One that I am! These, These are the Soliloques of a Sin Sick Soul; Alas, What shall I do? Where shall I go? I am Condemned by the Law of God; All the Threatnings and Thunders of it, are directed against me. The Chains of Hell are upon me, and I am held fast in the Bond of Iniquity; and I am a Captive of the Mighty: And if I Dy in this ⟨p. 24⟩