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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41842	The great salvation offered and tendered first, by Christ himself, and then by his holy apostles, with the inevitable destruction of all that neglect it : in the sermons, reprinted / by that eminent servant of Christ, Mr. Andrew Gray ...	Gray, Andrew, 1633-1656.	1694 (1694)	Wing G1614; ESTC R39448	32,015	57

you will give ear to them viz. there is a great person come here to day and that is the Mighty Author of this great salvation who hath brought everlasting righteousness with him desiring you to make use thereof it is his desire that you would take his excellent gifts at his hand These I say are the tydings that I have to preach unto you and I hope never to be declared a lyar for what I preach unto you I say yet unto you that Christ the Author of the great salvation desireth to give it freely unto you if you will but take it But O will you not take it I think if you did see an hundred men lying in prison or dungeon without all light bread or water and a great Prince coming to them saying I desire you all to come forth and partake of this great liberty which I bring unto you and every one of them should answer I scorne to come forth at this time would you not think them exceeding great fools And yet I fear this act of great folly falls out in many of your hands to day that when Christ hath given us the keys of your prison doors and they are opened you will not come forth But I must intreat you yet to come forth and shew your selves For who knoweth but we may be commanded to shut your prison-doors again and to seal them with seven seals with an unalterable decree from heaven never to be recalled Wherefore O ye prisoners Go forth go forth from your prison house 2. Secondly I would say this to you that it is not without much ground that this salvation offered to yon is called a great salvation I know a little paper of two or three sheets might contain all the salvations that ever any man obtained but the world would not be able to contain all the books which might be written to the commendation of this great salvation yea unto any who will embrace it I say First if thou find not this salvation above thy faith then go thy way when thou art come But I know thou wilt finde it both above thy faith and hope Secondly if thou find it not above thy desires when thou art come unto it then go thy way again but were thy desires as the sand upon the Sea shoar thou shalt always find more in this salvation than ever thou couldst desire Thirdly if this salvation be not above what thou canst conceive then go thy way when thou art come to it but think of it as thou canst it shall always be above thy thoughts of it Fourthly if this salvation be not above thy opinion of it then go thy way when thou art come unto it but I know thou wilt find it far above thy opinion of it Therefore seeing it is so great a salvation as that all the world could not contain all the books that might be written in the commendation of it O will you embrace it even to day while it is in your offer 3. Thirdly I would say this unto you Be perswaded that there is no sin that will more provoke the Majesty of God to punish you than the sin of slighting this great salvation Bring forth these murderers saith the Lord of the slighters of this invitation and slay them before me I entreat you inquire at your own hearts what you will answer when you are reproved for slighting of it Old men will you ask at your own hearts what you will answer to Christ when he shall propose that question to you Why slighted you the great salvation Old women what will you answer when he shall say to you Why slighted you the great salvation Young Men and young women inquire at your own hearts what you will answer when Christ shall say to you why slighted ye the great salvation Can ye imagine any answer to that question O dreadful shall that wrath of God be that shall be executed upon the slighters of this great salvation 4. Fourthly I would say this unto you that Heaven is waiting to hear what exhortation the offer of this great salvation doth get among you Here is the great salvation here is the offer of it and here is the commendation of it what say you to it Is it not an excellent salvation is it not a free salvation is it not a great salvation is it not an eternal salvation Why then do ye not welcome it Can any of you say any thing to the discommendation of it I know you cannot Yea I dare say your own hearts are admiring it as most excellent and therefore O will ye accept it Alas shall there be none here who will be found accepters of this great salvation so freely offered to day 5. Fithly I would say this to you let all the Angels praise him who is the author of this great salvation All the Saints round about the throne praise him who is the author of this great salvation All those who are expectants of heaven praise him who is the author of this great salvation All ye to whom this offer is made praise him who is the author of this great salvation O heaven praise him who is the author of this great salvation O all ye fowls of the air praise him who is the author of this great salvation O fire hail snow vapours stormy winds and tempests praise him who is the author of this great salvation All the tribes of the earth praise him who is the author of this great salvation our own soul praise him who is the author of this great salvation and all that is within us bless him who is the author of this great salvation O who would not praise him who is the author of this great salvation Are there any here that will refuse to commend him O think upon him and let not this be a day of slighting him Now where are your hearts at this time I will tell you where many of your hearts are they are thinking upon the World But I am sure there are not many of them thinking upon this great salvation Now what resolution mind ye to go away with to day Oh have ye no resolution beyond what ye had when ye came hither to day Are there any here who have this resolution To whom shall we go but to him who is the author of this great salvation who alone hath the Words of eternal life Even the Lord breath it upon you Or is this your resolution that through Christs strength forsake him who will ye will never forsake him Or have ye this resolution That ye will esteem more highly of this great salvation then ever ye did O that the Lord would keep these in the in the imaginations of the thoughts of your hearts for ever But as for you who have no resolutions to embrace this great salvation O wherewith shall I commend it unto you Do not your own necessities commend it But if nothing can perswade you to come away and embrace it