4. There are probably some here present, that are now concerned about their Salvation, that never will obtain. 'Tis not to be supposed that all that are now moved and awakened, will ever be savingly converted: Doubtless there are many now seeking that will not be able to enter. When has it been so in Times past, when there have been Times of great Out pourings of God's Spirit, but that many that for a while, have inquired with others, what they should do to be saved, have failed, and afterwards grown hard and secure? All of you that are now awakened, have a Mind to obtain Salvation, and probably hope to get a Title to Heaven, in the Time of this present moving of God's Spirit: But yet, (though it be awful to be spoken, and awful to be thought) we have no Reason to think any other, than than some of you will burn in Hell to all Eternity. You all are afraid of Hell, and seem at present disposed to take Pains to be delivered from it; and yet it would be unreasonable to think any other, than that some of you will have your Portion in the Lake that burns with Fire and Brimstone. Tho' there are so many that seem to obtain so easily, having been but a little while under Convictions, yet, for all that, some never will obtain. Some will soon loose the Sense of Things they now have; tho' their Awakenings seem to be very considerable for the present, they wont hold; they have not Hearts disposed to hold on through very many Difficulties. ⟨p. 159⟩Some that have set out for Heaven, and hope as much as others to obtain, are indeed but slighty and slack, even now, in the midst of such a Time as this: And others, that for the present seem to be more in Earnest, will probably before long decline, and •ail, and gradually return to be as they were before. The Convictions of some seem to be great, while that which is the Occasion of their Convictions is new▪ which when that begins to grow old, will gradually decay, and wear off. Thus, it may be, the Occasion of your Awakening has been the Hearing of the Conversion of some Person, or your seeing so extraordinary a Dispensation of Providence as this is, in which God now appears amongst us; but by and by the Newness and Freshness of these Things will be gone, and so won't affect your Mind as now they do; and it may be your Convictions will go away with it.
4. There are probably some here present, that are now concerned about their Salvation, that never will obtain. 'Tis not to be supposed that all that are now moved and awaken'd, will ever be savingly converted: Doubtless there are many now seeking that will not be able to enter. When has it been so in Times past, when there have been Times of great Out pourings of God's Spirit, but that many that for a while, have inquired with others, what they should do to be saved, have failed, and afterwards grown hard and secure? All of you that are now awaken'd, have a Mind to obtain Salvation, and probably hope to get a Title to Heaven, in the Time of this present moving of God's Spirit: But yet, (though it be awful to be spoken, and awful to be thought) we have no Reason to think any other, than than some of you will burn in Hell to all Eternity. You all are afraid of Hell, and seem at present disposed to take Pains to be delivered from it; and yet it would be unreasonable to think any other, than that some of you will have your Portion in the Lake that burns with Fire and Brimstone. Tho' there are so many that seem to obtain so easily, having been but a little while under Convictions, yet, for all that, some never will obtain. Some will soon loose the Sense of Things they now have; tho' their Awakenings seem to be very considerable for the present, they wont hold; they have not Hearts disposed to hold on through very many Difficulties. ⟨p. 159⟩Some that have set out for Heaven, and hope as much as others to obtain, are indeed but slighty and slack, even now, in the midst of such a Time as this: And others, that for the present seem to be more in Earnest, will probably before long decline, and •ail, and gradually return to be as they were before. The Convictions of some seem to be great, while that which is the Occasion of their Convictions is new▪ which when that begins to grow old, will gradually decay, and wear off. Thus, it may be, the Occasion of your Awakening has been the Hearing of the Conversion of some Person, or your seeing so extraordinary a Dispensation of Providence as this is, in which God now appears amongst us; but by and by the Newness and Freshness of these Things will be gone, and so won't affect your Mind as now they do; and it may be your Convictions will go away with it.
