be content to be saved freely thereby, notwithstanding all thy
undeservings and unworthiness, or else thou must be damned for thy
rebellion, and for thy neglecting of this grace. Wherefore consider
with thyself, and think what is best to be done. Is it better that
thou submit to the grace and mercy of God, and that thou accept of
grace to reign for thee, in thee, and over thee, than that thou
shouldst run the hazard of eternal damnation because thou wouldst
not be saved by grace? Consider of this, I say, for grace is now in
authority: it reigns, and proceeds from the throne. This therefore
calls for thy most grave and sedate thoughts. Thou art in a strait;
wilt thou fly before Moses, or with David fall into the hands of the
Lord? Wilt thou go to hell for sin, or to life by grace? One of the
two, as was said before, must be thy lot; for grace is king, is upon
the throne, and will admit of no other way to glory. Rom. 5:2. In
and by it thou must stand, if thou hast any hope, or canst at all
rejoice in hope of the glory of God.

If thou do get off thy convictions, and not the right way--which is
by seeing thy sins washed away by the blood of Jesus Christ--it is a
question whether God will ever knock at thy heart again or no; but
rather say, "Such a one is joined to idols; let him alone. My
spirit, my ministers, my word, my mercy, my grace, my love, my pity,
my common providences, shall no more strive with him; let him
alone." O sad! O miserable! who would slight convictions that are on
their souls, which tend so much for their good?

In the creation of man, God began with his outside; but in the work
of regeneration, he first begins within, at the heart.

Whoever receive the grace that is tendered in the gospel, they must