Reproach in Renown the double of thy Tears in Triumphs all thy bottled Tears shall be returned in Flagons of Joy yea in Rivers of Eternal Pleasure By this time Christians you see what Glory there is in this good Word All things shall work together for good to them that love God And that none may have the Face to say all this is but conceit I shall in the next place bring in clear and undeniable Evidence that it is certainly and unquestionably so as hath been said And therefore know 5. That all things do and shall certainly work for good to them that love God This besides the Testimony of this Scripture I shall make evident from these three Propositions 1. There is a Divine Providence that governs the World 2. The Design of Providence is the accomplishment of the good purpose and promise of God 3. The Providence of God shall never fail of accomplishing its End 1. There is a Divine Providence which governs the World the Epicurâ—ans who deny Providence and leave all on Chance and Fortune may as well deny that there is a God which yet they are asham'd to stand to Of Epicurus himself it was said Quem nihil pudendum pudet pudet tamen Deum negare It can be no way reconcileable to the infinite Wisdom of God who made this Glorious Fabrick with the various Creatures therein either not to determine them to their Ends or else to take no care for their accomplishing those Ends they are determined to The whole Current of Scripture is so plain in these matters that he that runs may read Let the following Scriptures amongst others be considered Psal 97. 1. The Lord reigneth let the Earth rejoyce let the Isles be glad Psal 67. 15 16. The Eyes of all wait upon thee and thou givest them their Meat in due season Thou openest thy hand and satisfiest the desire of every living thing Psal 36. 6. Thou preserved Man and Beast Psal 75. 6 7. Promotion cometh neither from the East nor from the West nor from the South but God is the Judge he putteth down one and setteth up another Amos 3. 6. Shall there be Evil in a City and the Lord hath not done it Psal 17. 13 14. Deliver my Soul from the wicked which is thy Sword from Men which are thy Hand The confessions of those Infidels Nebuchadnezzar and Darius speak the same Dan. 4. 35. All the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing and he doth according to his Will in the Army of Heaven and among the Inhabitants of the Earth and none can stay his Hand or say unto him What doest thou Dan. 6. 26. I make a Decree that in every Domiâ—ion of my Kingdom Men tremble and fear before the God of Daniel for he is the Living God and stedfast for ever and his Kingdom that which shall not be destroyed and his Dominion shall be even unto the End He delivereth and rescueth and he worketh Signs and Wonders in Heaven and Earth who hath delivered Daniel from the power of the Lions But more distinctly the Lord governs all inanimate and sensitive Creatures in their actions he orders the Stars in their courses The Stars in their courses he made to fight against Sisera He governs the Winds and the Flouds he bringeth forth the Winds out of his Treasures he rides upon the wings of the Wind. He maketh the Clouds his Chariots he sitteth on the Flouds the Thunder and the Hail and the Rain and the Frosts are all at his Command He giveth Snow like Wooll and scattereth the hoar frost like ashes He casteth forth the Ice like morsels he sets bounds to the Sea which it shall not passe the Birds of the Air the Beasts of the Field the Fishes of the Sea yea the stones and dust of he Earth are all at his beck More especially he rules an governs the men of this World He sits in all the Counsels of men though they see him nor he orders all their Decrees there 's no Decree can passe unless God gives his Vote He rules in all the actions of men even those things that are acted through our improvidence come not to passe without the Providence of God He rules in all the changes that are in the World he changes the times and the seasons he changes Kingdoms and Governments he removeth Kings and setteth up Kings he make War and creates Peace he bendeth the Bow and he breaketh the Bow and cutteth the Speare in sunder and burneth the Chariots in the fire Peace and War Health and Sickness Plenty and Famine Life and Death are all the disposures of his hand He orders all the events and causalities of the World even from the greatest to the smallest Without him not a Sparrow shall fall nor a hair of the head shall perish though there be to men yet to the Lord there are no causalities or contingencies But all things come to passe according as his Hand and Counsel had before determined 2. The design of Providence as it respects the Elect is the accomplishment of Gods good purpose and promise Providence governs the World and the purpose and promise governs Providence All the works of Providence have rationem mediorum ad finem God doth nothing in vain it is not consistent with the wisdom of God to do any thing for nothing God would have his People look farther than to the things that are before them because all those things have a farther aspect themselve All the works of Providence have a double aspect they look backward to the purpose and promise and they look forward to the end for which they are as they look backward so they have truth in them exactly answering the purpose and promise from which they have their birth As they look forwaâ—d to their end so they have good in them and that good their subservience to their end is the reason of their being Here note 2. things 1. That the subserviency of things to their end is the goodness of them if the end be good the means must as such be good also If what God hath purposed and promised be good then all things that fall in between having the respect of means to their accomplishment must upon that account be good If our crosses and afflictions do subserve the bringing about of Gods good will and good word we must say concerning them Good are the Works of the Lord. It is not how any thing looks or feels at present but what it meanes and to what it tends If the potion be bitter and yet it tends to health if the Messenger be ill-looked and ill-favoured and yet comes upon a good errand you may bid them welcom And thus all the Providences of God are good If you should ask of any Providence wherefore art thou come comest thou peaceably comest thou for good they must all answer yes peaceably for good and no hurr 'T is but to help all that good into thy hand which hath
went so cross with us 'T was happy we were so poor and brought so low and laid in the dark and stâ—ip'd so naked of all that we either took pleasure or put confidence in Now we see that the Lord had a more glorious design that he was carrying on for us step by stepâ— by every thing that came upon us than we were aware of or could have imagined It 's true the Shimeis have been cursing the Ishmaels have been mocking the Rabshakes have been railing the Ploughers have been ploughing the Hunters have been pursuing and had almost overtaken overcome and swallowed us up quick but blessed be our God that hath not turned our captivity and saved us by a mighty Salvation but hath done us good by all their mocking and cursing and raging against us Now we see there was such light sowing in our dark dayes such a Peace a sowing in those deep furrowes such an Harvest of joy sowing in the days of our tears as hath now sprung up unto this glory and blessedness We are beholding to the Devil and his Instruments our enemies have befriended us though much against their Wills We could never have shined with such beauty on earth had we not been scoured with such unclean wispes we could never have laid up such Treasure in Heaven as by their cursings and cruel persecutions our enemies have laid up for us So our Lord hath told us Great is your reward in heaven Matth. 5. 12. Blessed are you that are persecuted blessed are you that are reviled for my sake for righteousness sake for great is your reward in heaven It had not been so great had it not been for our great tribulations Hell hath given us a lift nearer the Throne of Glory Comfort and encourage your hearts with these words 2. If God be with you you shall shortly be with God Father I will that those whom thou hast given me be with me where I am And if I go and prepare a place for you I will come again and receive you to my self that where I am ye may be also If we suffer with him we shall also reign with him Come ye blessed of my Father inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the foundation of the World So shall we be ever with the Lord. Brethren you that lie among the potts 't is but a little time and you shall hear that Word Come up hither into the Kingdom the Inheritance prepared for you There are two Comes or Calls of our Lord the first come is Come and work with me come and watch with me come and follow me The second is 〈◊〉 and rest with me your work is done your watch is over your race is run come and enter into my rest The first Come is Come down with me from the pride from the pomps and jollities of this present World come with me into the wilderness into the valley of tears come and suffer with me come and die with me The second Come is Come up with me up out of the wilderness up out of your Prisons up from your bonds your Jubilee is come come up with me Come put off your prison-garments and put on your robes shake off your fetters and take up your palms lay down your Cross and take up your Crown from your prisons to your Palace from the stocks to the Throne You that have descended with me are the same who shall now ascend with me to my Father and your Father to my God and your God The first Come is the come of a Suitor Come grant me your love give me your hearts and accept of mine This is the Errand upon which his Ambassadours are dispatched As Abraham's servant to take you as a Wife for your Lord. This is the meaning of all those Jewels and Bracelets they bring in their hands the Lord sends Servant upon Servant Epistle upon Epistle Token upon Token and all speak the same word Come come come away and accept of your Lord and be married to him The second Come is the Come of the Bridegroom Come home with me into my holy City into my Royal Mansion come into my Chamber come into my Bosome come and lodg between my Breasts live in my presence and rest in my love for ever Christians my business whil'st I have been with you hath been to bring you to God to espouse you 10 Christ and you that have already or will yet at last be perswaded to give your consent and will give me leave to make up the Match I can give you assurance That he will shortly come and make up the Marriage and must say to you as Naomi to Ruth Ruth 3. 10. Sit still my Daughter till thou see how the matter will fall for the Man will not be in rest till he have finished the thing this day Sit still Christians till you see how matters will fall and however they fall know your Lord will not be in rest till he have finished this thing and brought you home to be with him where he is I am now parting from you in this confidence that however after a few dayes I shall see your Faces no more in this World yet I shall shortly meet you in the Bride-Chamber of Glory where we shall ever be with the Lord. Beloved in the Lord I must now leave you but give me leave e're I go to deal freely with you and yet a little further in the close of my day this once more to open my heart to you and to tell you 1. What my parting Fears 2. What my parting Wishes for you are which I carry upon my spirit 1. My parting Fears I go off from you with are especially these 1. I am afraid that there are many of you upon whom I have bestowed my Labour in vain I am afraid that I have Instructed you in vain exhorted perswaded beseeched and reproved you in vain 'T was the Apostle's case and his fear concerning the Galatians Chap. 4. 11. It is my grief that when I would have no more to speak but an healing word a comforting word I must yet drop down a bitter word on some of you That when I would speak onely from Mount Gerizim I must yet again speak to some from Mount Ebal That when I would leave a Blessing behind me upon you all I am like to leave some bound under a Curse It 's grievous to me thus to speak yet for the discharge of my Duty and for your own Necessity bear with me I am afraid that whil'st I have been preaching to you of an incorruptible Crown of an Everlasting Rest a Kingdom of Joy and Glory I am afraid there are many of you That have no part nor lot in this matter but are still in the Gall of Bitterness and Bond of Iniquity If the Gospel be hid it is hid to them that are lost And are there none among you from whom this Gospel is hid hid as to the Light of it hid as to the
were rooted in your Hearts and your Souls thereby rooted in the Grace of God if it be to be wished That your Lusts were rooted out your sins dead and dried up your foot gotten out of the Snare your Souls brought into the Fold your Fruits of Righteousness and Holiness abounding and growing up unto Eternal Life If all this to be to be wished then give in your Votes with mine wish and pray pray and press on press on and wait for the accomplishment of this Grace in you all I tell you again I wish you well and not onely I but the Lord God that hath sent me to you The Lord Jesus wishes you well he wishes and wooes wooes and weeps weeps and dies that your Souls might live and be belssed for ever He hath once more sent me to you even to the worst amongst you to tell you from him that he 's unwilling you should perish that he hath a kindness for you in his heart if you will accept it He hath Bloud and Bowels for you Bloud to expiate your guilt to wash away your filth and Bowels to offer you the benefit of his Bloud with this Wish Oh that it were theirs Oh that they would hearken and accept Onely I must add That the Lord hath two sorts of Wishes concerning sinners The first is Oh that they would hearken Oh that they would come in be healed and be saved Deut. 5. 29. This Wish is an Olive Branch that brings good Tidings and gives great hopes of Peace and Mercy His last Wish is Oh that they had hearkned that they had accepted Psal 81. 13. Oh that my people had hearkned to me Luk. 19. 42. Oh that thou hadst known in this thy day the things that concern thy peace This Wish hath nothing but Dread and Death in it it is the Black Flagg hung out that proclaims Eternall Wars The sence is Israel had once a fair time of it a time of Love a time of Grace a time of Peace Oh that they had hearkned then that they had known the Things that concern their peace But woe woe to them 't is now too late the Door is shut the Season is over the Day is past But now they are hid from thine Eyes There are three deadly darts in this Wish oh that thou hadst it includes in it these three cutting words Thou hast not Thou mightest Thou shalt not for ever 1. There is this in it Thou hast not What have I not why thou hast not known the things that belong to thy peace Thou hast had the door of Glory the Gate of Heaven open to thee and hast been call'd for and invited in but thou hast lost the opportunity Thou knewest not when thou wert well offered nor would'st take notice what a day was before thee what a price was in thine hand thy peace the Gospel of peace the Prince of peace a Kingdom of peace was set open offered and brought home to thy doors but thou hadst so many other matters to look after that thou tookest no notice of it but hast let it slip There 's one Dart. Thou hast not known There 's a Gospel gone there 's a Christ gone there 's a Soul a Kingdom lost 2. There is this in it Thou mightest Oh that thou hadst why Might I yes thou might'st if thou wouldst thou mightst Thy God did not mock thee when he preach'd peace to thee he was willing and wish'd it thine if thou wouldst thou mightst have made it thine own but whilest he would thou wouldest not There 's another Dart I might have known I have none to thank but my self for the loss mine undoing was mine own doing There are no such torments as when the Soul flies upon it self and takes revenge on it self oh the gashes that such self-refluctions make Soul how camest thou in hither into all this misery oh 't is of my self my self that my destruction is The door was open and I was told of it and was bid come in but I would not That I am lost and undone was not my Fate which I could not avoid but my Fault and my folly It seems to give some ease of our torment when we can shift off the fault It was not I but the Woman said Adam It was not I but the Serpent said the Woman if that had been true it would have given ease as well as serv for an excuse This thought 'T was mine own doing tears the very caul of the heart Oh I have none to blame but my self mine own foolish and froward heart This is my ignorance this is my unbelief this is my wilfulness my lusts and my pleasures and my Idols that I was running after that have brought me under this dreadful loss 'T was my own doing 3. There is this in it Thou shalt not for ever Oh that thou hadst why may I not yet Is there no hope of recovering the opportunity not one word more not one hour more may not the Sun go one degree backward No no 't is too late too late thou hast had thy day from henceforth no more for ever There 's the last Dart Times past there 's the death the Hell the anguish the Worm that shall gnaw to eternity This one word Time 's past sets all Hell a roaring and when it s once spoken to a sinner on Earth there 's Hell begun Go thy way wretch fill up thy measure and fall into thy place The Gospel hath no more to say to thee but this one word Because I have called and thou refusedst I have stretched out my hand and thou regardedst not but hast set at nought all my Counsels and wouldest none of my reproofs I also will laugh at thy calamities and mock when thy fear cometh when thy fear cometh as desolation and thy destruction cometh as a Whirle-wind when distress and anguish cometh upon thee then shalt thou call but I will not answer thou shalt seek me early but shalt not find me Beloved my hopes are and I am not able to say but that you are yet under the first wish Oh that they would Christ is yet preaching you to faith and sends his Wish along with his Word Oh that they would believe Christ is yet preaching Repentance and Conversion to you and wishes O that they would repent that they would be converted and to this wish of my Lord my Soul and all that is within me sayes Amen Brethren will you yet again say your Lord nay shall Christ have his wish shall your Servant for Jesus sake shall I have my wish will you now at last consent to be sanctified and to be saved let me have this wish and I dare promise you from the Lord you shall have yours even whatever your Soul can desire Bâ—ethren this once hear this once be prevailed upon be content that your lusts be rooted out and your Lord planted into your Souls Be content to be pardoned content to be converted content to be saved This
lashed with such knotted cords Thy Companions in sin as they now heighten thy pleasures so will they hereafter sharpen thy plagues Sinners comfort their hearts with this thought That if they be damned they shall have store of company but let them know That the fire of Hell will burn just so much the cooler for the multitudes that are there as the fire of their Chimney does for the store of fewell When thou art charmed with the roaring of thy Companions in the Ale-house think what musick their roaring with thee will make when you shall all meet in your eternal Prison Away from evil company you will remember hereafter when 't is too late how much and with how little success I have laboured with you in this thing 5. Bafflle not Conscience once more Awakened Sinner charm not thy Conscience into silence nor dash it out oâ— countenance Thy Conscience is the only Friend that God or thy Soul hath left within thee Thy will and thy affections and thine appetite are all gone the Devil hath stoln them away and hired them all against thee thou hast nothing but poor Conscience left Thy Conscience hath been often upon thee pleading with thee for God and for pity to thy Soul It hath warned thee reproved thee and often whisper'd thee in thine Ear What dost thou mean whither art thou going when wilt thou return Away with thy sins have done with thy Companions no more of this drunkenness this riot this covetousness Thou art a lost man thy Soul is lost if thou go on Thus Conscience hath warned thee and thou hast sometimes hearkned to it and spoken it fair The throbs and the paâ—gs and the wounds thou hast felt and received from it have wrung from thee now and then a promise Well through the Grace of God I 'le hearken to Conscience I 'le be a new man Away from me ye Sinners I will keep the Commandments of my God And yet shortly after when thy Temptations return thy Companion come all 's forgotâ—en and along thou goest as a fool to the Stocks or an Ox to the slaughter and this hath been thy way and thy manner from time to time Now and then Conscience draws a sigh or a tear from thee and by and by receives a kick or a stab Beware Sinner Conscience will not alwayes be thus us'd If ever it speak again say it not Nay Its next word may be its last if ever thou weariest it into perpetual silence then farewell all for ever Conscience is the only Friend thou hast left Convinced Soul How wilt thou bear the revenges of an awakened abused Conscience all thy bafflings of it here will be repeated over in eternity How will all this look when it shall meet thee before thy Judge Save thy self from that hour Baffle not Conscience once more 6. Let not the greatness of thy sins nor the difficulty of Christ's terms hinder or discourage thee from making a present close with Christ Say not his Yoke is too heavy his Cross is too grievous for me to bear or my sins are too great for him to bear Set the Throne against the Yoak the Crown against the Cross infinite Merit and Mercy against mighty sins and go unto Jesus cast thy self on his blood and bowells and put thy self under his Yoke and Scepter If he will give Life to thee be content that he give Laws to thee and as ever thou expectest to live by him be resolved to live to him and no longer to thy self Go to Jesus and when thou goest take with these two Scriptures Matth. 11. 28. Come unto me all ye that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest Take my yoke upon you and learn of me and you shall find rest unto your Souls Joh. 6. 37. Him that cometh unto me I will in no wise cast out 7. Fall close to Duties and keep close to Ordinances 1. Let secret and Family Prayer be thy daily exercise Count not thy self a Christian till thou give thy self to prayer 2. Let not reading the Word Catechising c. be strangers in thy house 3. Prize improve and sanctifie Sabbaths The Lord on those dayes comes down upon eis Mount to meet thy Soul to commune with thee to bless thee to feed thee and fill thee with whatsoever thy Soul desireth or wanteth Get thee up to meet thy God But remember when thou goest leave thy stuff behind thee 4. View often and take an account of thy self of the in-come and success of all thy Duties What is all my praying reading hearing c. come to What is brought forth Is the work done for which all these are Are my Sins and my Soul parted Are my Companions in sin abandoned Is Christ and my Soul united Beware you never make Praying and Hearing to serve you instead of Believing and Repenting But to help you on to it Remember these Seven Words when I am gone 1. Get a deep Sense of thy dreadful state 2. Abandon presently every sin 3. Let not thy hope in Christ lessen thy fear of sin 4. Shake off every sinful Companion 5. Baffle not Conscience once more 6. Make a present Close with Christ 7. Fall close to Duties and keep close to Ordinances These things do and the God of Peace shall be with you But remember There 's no peace saith my God to the wicked 2. There are others that are near the Kingdome of God Thou art not far from the Kingdom of God There are some that are like Ephraim Hosea 7. 8. cakes half baked like Agrippa almost Christians Acts 26. 29. Almost thou perswadest me to be a Christian 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Thou hast brought me within a little of Christianity They are come to the threshold of saving Faith within a step of sincere godliness They have been professing and praying and hoping and wishing themselves in and yet are short of it They have been enlightened in the knowledg of Christ have tasted of the heavenly gift have felt something of the sweetness of Christ have been made partakers of the Holy Ghost of many excellent and useful gifts have tasted of the good Word of God and the powers of the World to come They have set out after Christ have left the blind and prophane World much behind them have escaped much of the pollutions of this world left many sins taken up with many duties have a name among the Saints have suffered many things for the Name of Christ and notwithstanding all this here they stick they cannot give up themselves fully to Christ something or other either the World or their Companions or their pleasures or their ease or their sloth hath such hold on them that they cannot unreservedly resolvedly give themselves up to the dominion of Jesus Christ nay it may be they cannot tell wâ—y yet they cannot do it Though they can say I would be yet they cannot say I will be the Lord's these are near the Kingdom of God but
yet short of it He that cannot say I will be can less say I am the Lord's But here I must distinguish of two sorts of almost Christians 1. There are some that have reached to almost and are still reaching forwards the state of such is hopeâ—ul though it be not safe Oh that we could see more such almost Christians 2. There are others that have reached to and rest in almost who mistaking almost for altogether do there take up their stand These are far from the Kingdom of God Brethren I much fear that among the number of Professors there are more of these almost Christians than we are aware of Oh it would make our hearts shake to consider how far many go to what degree of resignation resolution affection action submission to sufferings they attain and yet fall off at last and thereby shew they were still short of Christ They went out from us because they were not of us I particularly pity many of the more sober Gentry who have a good will to Religion and a fair respect for the Professors of it countenancing holiness doing many worthy things for the Name and Servants of God refraining from the vitiousness and vanity of many of their Rank and Quality who yet dwelling in Temptations being entangled in carnal correspondencies entertained with an affluence of carnal delights and pleasures and finding hereby a strict self-denying and mortified life to be of greater difficulty to them than to men of lower rank are apt to think it not of such necessity who may possibly upon a narrow enquiry discern after all their good hopes of themselves and the great opinions of others concerning them that they are yet short of that simplicity and godly sincerity which alone will prove them Christians indeed Blessed be God there are amongst us such those who have broken through all temptations have adventured upon the disobliging all the World have hid down their honours pleasures friends and all their carnall interests whatsoever at the feet of Christ and preferring a close Communion with God the peace of a good Conscience the joyes of Religion yea the very reproach of Christ above all their worldly Honours and fleshly pleasures have given themselves up to the power of the Gospel and an exemplary Spiritual and Heavenly life But it is to be feared least there be also such who have deservedly gain'd great respect among the Saints and gone far along with them who yet are come but to the threshold of Christianity and being afraid to put in there they are in danger to perish everlastingly Quod fere fit non fit He that is but almost saved is damned for altogether Oh Friends what do ye mean Will you loose all the ground you have gotten all the things you have wrought shall all your sufferings for the name of Christ be lost and in vain after you have tasted the bitterness of the Cross will you not go one step farther and take the joys of the Cross Is the work of Regeneration brought to the Birth and shall it at last miscarry and prove an abortion would one step more land your Souls in the Kingdom of God are you gotten so near a shore and will you perish in the Harbour are you gotten off from the Tents of the Edomites and gotten even to the Borders of Canaan and will you not enter Are you gotten to Pisgah and have a view of the Land of Promise and see that it is a good Land are you come so near aâ— to see that true holiness is such a beautiful State such a blessed State and do you wish your selves in and will you yet die on the other side Jordan you have prayed put on a little more prayer may do it you have laboured and reasoned with and perswaded your hearts give not over a little more labour may prevail Oh that I knew what to say more that might bring you on Oh that the Lord would yet put one word or other in my mouth that might overcome you that I might shoot one Arrow more that might strike home use one Argument more that might be cogent and gain your full consent to Christ that I might see you safely landed ere I be parted from you Oh think think what a dreadful disappointment this will be for you that are come so near to godliness as that you verily think you have attained it if after all the joys pleasures and hopes the little Religion you have had hath fed you withall you should at last have a TEKEL written for your doom and hear that cutting word pronounced upon you Thou art weighed in the ballance and art found wanting With you also would I leave a few words 1. Loose not both Worlds this World thou hast lost already by leaving them so much behind thee loose not that which is before for want of coming on a little farther think not of hanging always betwixt Heaven and Hell In the other World there 's no middle either go back or come on turn thee to the right hand or to the left 2. Mistake not all most for alltogether such a mistake may be mortall Do not too easily conclude thou hast already attained if thou takest something of Christianity to be all thy all is nothing 'T is a wonderful thing to see how easily men satisfie themselves in a matter of such weight and intricâ—cy Thine heart is deceitful try it thoroughly before thou trust it One gâ—ain too light and thou art undone God Glory Soul Eternity all lye aâ— stake one tittle short of sincerity and all lost Be jealous of thy self never give over suspecting thy State till thou hast put it past suspition Conclude not till thou hast thoroughly disputed the case give not over the dispute till the matter be no longer disputable Canst thou be too sure the least mistake is as wide as Heaven and Hell the bottomless Gulf reaches home to the threshold of glory thy tantum non will be as much as the Devil looks for onely not in though never so near will be thy eternal perdition 3. Beware that this thought one time or other I shall have more power slacken not thy present care and labour Let not thy hopes undo thee Lose not a present opportunity in hopes of future ability Labour each day to bring the matter to a present Issue and that with no lesse earnestness than if this day were to give a finall determination and thou wert sure that thou wert just come to thy now or never 4. Let not a small matter part Christ and thee Heaven may not cost thee half so much more as it hath cost thee already Art thou come within one peny of thy Lords price and shall that break the bargain 5. Let not thy Oyl thou hast gotten serve onely for fewel for thy fire Let not thy common grace thou hast obtained here be of no other use but to add to thy confusion hereafter every beam of light that hath shined to