passion of his blessed Son Jesus Christ.

But will it not, think you, strangely put to silence all such
thoughts, and words, and reasonings of the ungodly before the bar of
God? Doubtless it will; yea and will send them away from his
presence also, with the greatest guilt that possibly can fasten upon
the consciences of men.

For what will sting like this?--I have, through mine own foolish,
narrow, unworthy, undervaluing thoughts, of the love and ability of
Christ to save me, brought myself to everlasting ruin. It is true, I
was a horrible sinner; not one in a hundred did live so vile a life
as I: but this should not have kept me from closing with Jesus
Christ: I see now that there are abundance in glory that once were
as bad as I have been: but they were saved by faith, and I am damned
by unbelief.

Wretch that I am! why did not I give glory to the redeeming blood of
Jesus? Why did I not humbly cast my soul at his blessed footstool
for mercy? Why did I judge of his ability to save me by the voice of
my shallow reason, and the voice of a guilty conscience? Why betook
not I myself to the holy word of God? Why did I not read and pray
that I might understand, since now I perceive that God said then, he
giveth liberally to them that pray, and upbraideth not; Jam. i. 5.

It is rational to think, that by such cogitations as these the
unbelieving world will be torn in pieces before the judgment of
Christ; especially those that have lived where they did or might have
heard the gospel of the grace of God. Oh! that saying, "It shall be
more tolerable for Sodom at the judgment than for them," will be