A guide to Christ. Or, The way of directing souls that are under the…

That other men do never see the great evil of sin, until they are Converted. Men may see a moral evil in sin, and a great deal of the vanity and folly of it, though they are not under a preparatory work of the Spirit; but they never come to see the great evil of sin, until they are Converted. Men have not a Spiritual Understanding ⟨p. 55⟩given them, till they are Converted; they don't hate sin, until they are Converted; so long as they remain under the preparatory work of the Spirit, no such things can be expected from them, as are peculiar to Saints: When once men come to see the evil of sin, they also see the Glory of God; they do mortify their sins, and are brought into a state of Sanctification.

Another Argument is, Because he don't prosper in his seekings; he has been seeking a long time, and yet God stands at a distance from him, other men get through' it quickly; some that began a long time since him, have obtained peace with God, but he is left yet in a deplorable condition: But he may be told,

Another Argument is, Because he don't prosper in his seekings; he has been seeking a long time, and yet God stands at a distance from him, other men get thro' it quickly; some that began a long time since him, have obtained peace with God, but he is left yet in a deplorable condition: But he may be told,

That it is a common thing with God to Convert some in a far shorter time than others. One Ship may spend twice as much time as another in performing the same Voyage; one mans disease may be broke in far less time than another mans. Some men has more temptations and hindrances than others; the Spirit pursues some men more closely than others; and those that are longer under the work, may be as soundly Converted at last. The great reason why men do not hitherto prosper in their seekings, is not that their first troubles were not like the troubles of other men, but because they trust in their own righteousness, and are not yet convinced