Come and welcome to Jesus Christ. Or, A plain and profitable discourse on John…

Poor coming Soul, thou art like the Man th• would ride full Gallop, whose Horse will har• ly Trot; now the desire of his Mind is not • be judged by the sl•w pace of the dul• J•de b• rides on, but by the Hitching, and Kicking, • Spurring, as he sits on his Back. Thy F•esh is li•• this dull Jude, it will not gallop after Christ • it will be backward, though thy Soul & Heaven •i• at Stake: But be of good Comfort, Christ judgeth not according to the fierceness of ou• ward Motion, Mark 10.17. but according to the•• Sincerity of the He••• and inward Parts, John • 47. Psal. 5.1. Mat. 20.41.

Sixthly Z•ba, in appearance came to David much faster than did Mephibosheth; but yet his H•art was not so upright in him to David, as was his. 'Tis true, Mephibosheth had a Check f•o•n David; for said he Why we•rest not thou with me, Mephiboshh? But when David came to remember Mephibosheth was lame (for that was his Plea) Thy Servant is lame, 2 Sam 2.10. he was content, & concluded he would have cme after him faster than he did: And Mephbosheth appealed to David, who was in those Days as an Angel of God to know all things that are done in the Eth If he did not believe that the reason of his backwardness lay in his lameness, and not in his Mind. Why, poor coming Sinner, thou canst not come to Christ with that outward Swiftness of Career, as many others do? But doth the reason of thy Backwardness lie in in thy Mnd or Will, or in the Sluggishness of the Flesh? Canst thou say sincerely. The Spirit uly is willing, but the Flesh is weak, Mat 26.41. Yea canst thou appeal to the Lord Jesus, who noweth perfectly the very inmost thoughts of hy Heart, that this is true? Then take this for hy Comfort: He hath said, I will assemble her at halteth, I will make her that halteth a Remnant, nd I will save her that halteth, Mch. 4 6 Zeph 3.