A call to delaying sinners. Or The danger of delaying in matters concerning our…

3 In thy Delaying, thou dost presume, that the Spirit of God will help thee hereafter, as well as now, for if this were not in thy hopes, if thou didst not suppose this, if thou wert not bereaved of thy Understanding, Wouldst not thou Repent now, while the Spirit of God moves upon thy heart? How dost thou know, but hereafter the Spirit of God may let thee alone, and give thee up to the hardness of thy own Heart? God may say to thee, as to Ephraim, Hosea 4 17, Ephraim is joined to Idols, let him alone. Ah Sinner, if God says once, Let him alone, then all the Sermons in the world will do no good […] If God would say to the delaying Sinner, My Spirit let him alone, and mine Ordinance ⟨p. 59⟩let him alone, and my Ministers let him alone; That tho you have the voice of the Gospel in your Ears, yet God will let thy heart alone.

3 In thy Delaying, thou dost presume, that the Spirit of God will help thee hereafter, as well as now, for if this were not in thy hopes, if thou didst not suppose this, if thou wert not bereaved of thy Understanding, Wouldst not thou Repent now, while the Spirit of God moves upon thy heart? How dost thou know, but hereafter the Spirit of God may let thee alone, and give thee up to the hardness of thy own Heart? God may say to thee, as to Ephraim, Hosea 4 17, Ephraim is joyned to Idols, let him alone. Ah Sinner, if God says once, Let him alone, then all the Sermons in the world will do no good 〈…〉 If God would say to the delaying Sinner, My Spirit let him alone, and mine Ordinance ⟨p. 59⟩let him alone, and my Ministers let him alone; That tho you have the voice of the Gospel in your Ears, yet God will let thy heart alone.