himself thus to shew that the Father hath not only given him this portion in the Lump before the world was but that those that he hath so given he will give him again that is will bring them to him at the time of their conversion for the Father bringeth them to Christ Joh. 6. 44. As it is said She shall be brought unto the King in raiment of needle work That is in the righteousness of Christ for it is God that imputeth that to these that are saved Psal. 45. 14. 1 Cor. 1. A man giveth his daughter to such a man first in order to marriage and this respects the time past and he giveth her again at the day appointed in marriage And in this last sense perhaps the Text may have a meaning that is that all that the Father hath before the world was given to Jesus Christ he giveth them again to him in the day of their espousals Or Thirdly In that Christ saith giveth instead of hath given he may do it to shew that this gift of the Father to him is now as new as sweet as pleasant and desirable as if it had never bin given before Things that are given among men are oft-times best at first to wit when they are new and the reason is because all earthly things war old but with Christ it is not so this gift of the Father is not old and deformed and unpleasant in his eyes and therefore to him 't is always new When the Lord spake of giving the Land of Canaan to the Israelites he saith not that he had given or would give it to them but thus The Lord thy God giveth thee this good Land Deut. 9. 6. not but that he had given it to them while they were in their Fathers Hundreds of Years before Yet he saith now he giveth it to them as if they were now also in the very act of taking possession when as yet they were on the other side Jordane What then should be the meaning Why I take it to be this That the Land should be to them alway as new as new as if they were taking possession thereof but now And so is the gift of the Father mentioned in the Text to the Son it is always new as if it were alwayes giving All that the Father giveth Me. In those words you find mention made of two persons the Father and the Son the Father giving and the Son receiving or accepting of his Gift This then in the first place clearly demonstrateth that the Father and the Son though they with the Holy Ghost are one and the same Eternal God yet as to their personality are distinct The Father is one the Son is one the Holy Spirit is one But because there is in this Text mention made but of two of the three therefore a word about those two The Giver and Receiver cannot be the same person in a proper sence in the same act of giving and receiving He that giveth giveth not to himself but to an other the Father giveth not to the Father to wit to Himself but to the Son the Son receiveth not of the Son to wit of Himself but of the Father so when the Father giveth Commandment he giveth it not to himself but to another as Christ saith He hath given Me a Commandment Joh. 12. 49. So again I am one that beareth witness of my self and the Father that sent me beareth witness of me Jo. 10. 18. Further here is something implyed that is not expressed to wit that the Father hath not given all Men to Christ that is in that sence as is intended in this Text. For then all should be saved He hath therefore disposed of Satan another way He gives some up to Idolatry He gives some up to uncleanness to vile affections and to a reprobate mind Now these he disposeth of in his Anger for their destruction Acts. 7. 42 Rom. 1. 24 26 28. that they may reap the fruit of their doings and be filled with the reward of their own ways But neither hath He thus disposed of all men he hath even of Mercy reserved some from these Judgments and those are they that he will Pardon as he saith for I will pardon them whom I reserve Jer. 50. 20. Now these he hath given to Jesus Christ by Will as a Legaey Hence the Lord Jesus sayes This is the Fathers Will which hath sent me that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing but should raise it up again at the last day Joh. 36 29. The Father therefore giving them to Him to save them must needs by so doing declare unto us these following things 1. That he is Able to answer this designe of God to wit to save them to the uttermost Sin the uttermost temptation c. Heb. 7. 25. Hence he is said To lay help upon me that is Mighty Mighty to save And hence it is again that God did even of old promise to send his people a Saviour a great one Psal. 89. 19. Isa. 63. 1. To save is a great work and calls for Almightyness in the Undertaker hence he is called the Mighty God the Wonderful Counseller c. Sin is strong Satan is also strong Death and the Grave are strong and so is the Curse of the Law therefore it follows that this Jesus must needs be by God the Father accounted Almighty in that he have given his Elect to him to save them and to deliver them from these and that in despite of all their Force and Power Yea he gave us Testimony of this his Might when he was imployed in that part of our deliverance that called for a Declaration of it He abolished Death He destroyed him that had the power of Death he was the Destruction of the Grave he hath finished Sin and made an end of it as to its Damning effect upon the Persons that the Father hath given him He hath vanquished the curse of the Law Nailed it to his Cross Triumphed over them upon his Cross and made a shew of these things openly 2 Tim. 1. 10. Heb. 2. 14 15. Hos. 13. 14. Dan. 9. 24. Gal. 3. 13. Col. 2. 14 15. Yea and even now as a sign of his Triumph and Conquest he is alive from the Dead and hath the Keys of Hell and Death in his own keeping Revel 1. 18. 2ly The Fathers giving of them to him to save them declares unto us that he is and will be faithful in his Office and that therefore they shall be secured from the fruit or wages of their Sins which is Eternal Damnation And indeed it is said even by the Holy Ghost himself That he is faithful to him that appointed him that is to this work of saving those that the Father hath given him for that purpose as Moses was faithful in all his House Yea and more faithful too for Moses was faithful in Gods house but as a Servant But Christ as a Son over his own house
escape them and in conclusion come to him There are a company of shall-comes in the Bible that doth secure them Not but that they may be assaulted by them yea and also for the time intangled and detained by them from the Bishop of their Souls but these Shall-comes will break those Chains and Fetters that those given to Christ are intangled in and they shall-come because he hath said they shall-come to him Indeed errors are like that whore of whom you read in the Proverbs that sitteth in her seat on the High-places of the City To call Passingers who go right on their way Pro. 9. 13 14 15 16. But the persons as I said that by the Father are given to the Son to save them are at one time or other secured by Shall-come to me And therefore of such it is said God will guide them with his eye with his counsels by his spirit and that in the way of peace by the springs of water and into all truth Psal. 32. 8. Psal. 73. 24. Joh. 16. 13. Luk. 1. 79. Isa. 47. 10. So then he that hath such a guide and all that the Father giveth to Christ shall have it he shall escape those dangers he shall not Err in the way yea though he be a fool he shall not Err therein Isa 35. for of every such an one it is said Thine cars shall hear a word behind thee saying This is the way walk in it when ye turn to the right hand and when ye turn to the left Isa 30. 21. There were Thieves and Robbers before Christs coming as there are also now But saith he The sheep did not hear them And why did they not hear them but because they were under the power of shall come that absolute promise that had that grace in it self to bestow upon them as could make them able rightly to distinguish of voices My sheep hear my voice But how came they to hear it why to them it is given to know and to hear and that distinguishingly Joh. 10. 8 16. Chap. 5. 25. Eph. 5. 14. Further the very plain Sentence of the Text makes provision against all these things for saith it All that the Father giveth me shall come to me that is shall not be stopped or be allured to take up any where short of Me nor shall they turn aside to abide with any besides Me. Shall Come to me To me By these words there is further insinuated though not expressed a double cause of their coming to him First There is in Christ a fulness of Al-sufficiency of that even of all that which is needfull to make us happy Secondly Those that indeed come to him do therefore come to him that they may receive it at his hand For the first of these There is in Christ a fulness of all Sufficiency of all that even of all that which is needfull to make us happy Hence it is said For it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell And again Of his fullness all we have received and grace for grace Colos. 1. 19. Joh. 1. 16. It is also said of him that his riches is unsearchable The unsearchable riches of Christ Ephes. 3. 8. Hear what he saith of himself Riches and honour are with Me even durable riches and righteousness my fruit is better than Gold yea than sine Gold and My revenue than Choice silver I lead in the way of Righteousness in the midst of the paths of Judgement that I may cause them that love Me to inherit Substance And I will fill their treasures Prov. 8. 18. 19 20. 21. This in general but more particularly First There is that Light in Christ that is Sufficient to lead them out of and from all that darkness in the midst of which all others but them that come to him stumble and fall and perish I am the light of the world saith he he that followeth me shall not abide in darkness but shall have the Light of Life Joh. 8. 12. Man by nature is in darkness and walketh in darkness and knows not whither he goes for darkness hath blinded his eyes neither can any thing but Jesus Christ lead men out of this darkness Natural Conscience cannot do it the Ten Commandments though in the heart of man cannot do it this prerogative belongs only to Jesus Christ. Secondly There is that life in Christ that is to be found no where else Joh. 5. 40. Life as a principle in the Soul by which it shall be acted and enabled to do that which through him is pleasing to God He that believeth in or cometh to me saith he as the Scriptures have said out of his belly shall flow Rivers of Living Water Joh. 7. 38. Without this life a man is dead whether he be bad or whether he be good that is good in his own and other mens esteem There is no true and Eternal life but what is in the Me that speaketh in the Text. There is also life for those that come to him to be had by faith in his flesh and blood He that eateth Me even he shall live by Me Joh. 6. 57. And this is a life against that Death that comes by the guilt of sin and the curse of the Law under which all men are and forever must be unlesse they eat the Me that speaks in the Text. Whoso findeth Me saith he findeth life deliverance from that everlasting death and destruction that without Me he shall be devoured by Prov. 8. Nothing is more desirable than life to him that hath in himself the Sentence of Condemnation and here only is life to be found This life to wit Eternal life this life is in his Son That is in him that saith in the Text All that the Father hath given Me shall come to Me 1 Joh. 5. 10. Thirdly The person speaking in the Text is he alone by whom poor sinners have Admittance with and Acceptance to the Father because of the Glory of his righteousness by and in which he presenteth them amiable and spotless in his sight neither is there any way besides him so to come to the Father I am the way sayes he the truth and the life no man cometh to the Father but by Me Joh. 14. 6. All other ways to God are dead and damnable the destroying Cherubins stand with flaming swords turning every way to keep all others from his presence Gen. 3. 24. I say all others but them that come by him I am the door by Me saith he if any man enter in he shall be saued Joh. 10. 1 2. The person speaking in the Text is He and only He that can give stable and everlasting peace therefore saith he My peace I give unto you My peace which is a peace with God peace of Conscience and that of an everlasting duration My peace peace that cannot be Matched net as the world gived give I unto you for the worlds peace is but Carnal and Transitory but mine is Divine and
an one that hath set up Gods Enemy in opposition to him and that continueth in such acts of defiance and what his end without a new birth will be the Scripture teacheth also But we will pass this Secondly Is it so Is coming to Christ by the gift promise and drawing of the Father then let Saints here learn to ascribe their coming to Christ to the gift promise and drawing of the Father Christian man bless God who hath given thee to Jesus Christ by promise and again bless God for that he hath drawn thee to him And why is it thee Why not another O that the glory of Electing love should rest upon thy head and that the glory of the Exceeding grace of God should take hold of thy heart and bring thee to Jesus Christ. Thirdly Is it so that coming to Christ is by the Father as aforesaid then this should teach us to set an high esteem upon them that indeed are coming to Jesus Christ I say an high esteem on Them for the sake of him by vertue of whose grace they are made to come to Jesus Christ. We see that when men by the help of humane abilities do arrive to the Knowledge of and bring to pass that which when done is a wonder to the World how he that did it is esteem'd and commended Yea how are his wits parts industry and unweariedness in all admired and yet the man as to this is but of the World and his work the effect of natural ability The things also attained by him end in vanity and vexation of Spirit Further perhaps in the pursute of this his Accheivement he sins against God wasts his time vainly and at long run loses his Soul by neglecting of better things Yet he is admired But I say if this mans parts labor diligence and the like will bring him to such applause and esteem in the World what esteem should we have of such an one that is by the Gift promise and power of God coming to Jesus Christ. First This is a man with whom God is in whom God works and walks a man whose motion is Governed Steared by the mighty hand of God and the effectual working of his power Hear 's a Man Secondly This man by the power of Gods might which worketh in him is able to cast a whole World behind him with all the lusts and pleasures of it and to Charge through all the difficulties that Men and Devils can set against him Hear 's a Man Thirdly This man is Travelling to Mount Zion the Heavenly Jerusalem The City of the living God And to an innumerable company of Angels And the Spirits of Just men made Perfect to God the Judge of all and to Jesus Hear 's a Man Fourthly This man can look upon death with comfort can laugh at destruction when it cometh and longs to hear the Sound of the last Trump And to see his Judge coming in the Clouds of Heaven Hear 's a Man indeed Let Christians then esteem each other as such I know you do it but do it more and more And that you may consider these two or three things First These are the Objects of Christs esteem Mat. 12. 48. chap. 15. 22 23 24 25 26 27 28. Luk. 7. 9. Secondly These are the Objects of the esteem of Angels Dan. 9. 22. chap. 10 11. chap. 12. 4. Heb. 1. 14. Thirdly These have been the Objects of the esteem of Heathens when but convinced about them Dan. 5. 10. Acts 5. 13. 1 Cor. 14. 24 25. Let each of you then esteem other better than themselves Philip. 3. 2. Fourthly Again Is it so that no man comes to Jesus Christ by the will wisdom and power of man But by the Gift Promise and Drawing of the Father Then this shews us how horribly ignorant of this such are who make the man that is coming to Christ the Object of their contempt and rage These are also unreasonable and wicked men men in whom is no faith 1 Thes. 3 2. Sinners did you but know what a blessed thing it is to come to Jesus Christ and that by the help and drawing of the Father they do indeed come to him You would Hang and Burn in Hell a Thousand years before you would turn your spirit as you do against him that God is drawing to Jesus Christ and also against the God that draws him But faithless Sinners let us a little Expostulate the matter What hath this man done against thee that is coming to Jesus Christ why dost thou make him the Object of thy scorn doth his coming to Jesus Christ offend thee Doth his pursuing of his own Salvation offend thee Doth his forsaking of his sins and pleasures offend thee Poor Coming man Thou Sacrificest the abomination of the Egyptians before their eyes and will they not stone thee Exod. 8. 26. But I say why offended at this is he ever the worse for coming to Jesus Christ or for his loving and serving of Jesus Christ Or is he ever the more a fool for flying from that which will dround thee in Hell fire and for seeking Eternal life Besides pray Sirs consider it this he doth not of himself but by the drawing of the Father Come let me tell thee in thine ear thou that will not come to him thy self and him that would thou hindrest First Thou shalt be judged for one that hath hated maligned and reproached Jesus Christ to whom this poor sinner is coming Secondly Thou shalt be judged too for one that hath hated the Father by whose powerful drawing this sinner doth come Thirdly Thou shalt be taken and judged for one that has done despite to the Spirit of Grace in him that is by its help coming to Jesus Christ. What sayst thou now Wilt thou stand by thy doings wilt thou continue to contemn and reproach the living God Thinkest thou that thou shalt weather it out well enough at the day of Judgement Can thy heart indure or can thine hands be strong in the day that I shall deal with thee saith the Lord. Joh. 15. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26. Jude 14. 14 15. 1 Thes. 4. 8. Ezek. 22. 14. Fifthly Is it so That no man comes to Jesus Christ by the will Wisdome and power of man but by the gift promise and drawing of the Father Then this sheweth us how it comes to pass that weak means is so powerful as to bring men out of their sins to a hearty pursute after Jesus Christ When God bid Moses speak to the people he said I will speak with thee Exod. 19. When God speaks when God works Who can let it None none Then the work goes on Elias threw his Mantle upon the Shoulders of Elisha and what a wonderful work followed When Jesus fell in with the crowing of a Cock what work was there O when God is in the Means then shall that Means be it never so weak and contemptible in it self work wonders 1 Kings 19. 19.
thou hast done they might have looked long enough before they had found themselves coming to Jesus Christ. Besides I will tell thee That the greatness of Sense of Sin the hideous Roarings of the Devil yea and abundance of Revelations will not prove that God is bringing the Soul to Jesus Christ As Balaam Cain Judas and others can witness Further Consider that what thou hast not of these things now thou mayst have another time and that to thy Distraction Wherefore instead of being discontent because thou art not in the Fire because thou hearest not the Sound of the Trumpet and Alarum of War Pray that thou enter not into Temptation Yea come boldly to the Throne of Grace and obtain Mercy and find Grace to help in that time of need Psal. 88. 15. Matth. 26. 40 41. Heb. 4. 16. Poor Creature Thou criest If I were Tempted I could come faster and with more Confidence to Jesus Christ Thou sayest thou knowst not what What sayes Job With-draw thy Hand from me and let not thy Dread make me afraid Then call thou and I will answer or let me speak and answer thou me Job 13. 21. It is not the over-heavy Load of Sin but the Discovery of Mercy not the Roaring of the Devil but the Drawing of the Father that makes a Man come to Jesus Christ I my self know all these Things True sometimes yea most an end they that come to Jesus Christ come the Way that thou desirest the Loaden Tempted Way But the Lord also leads some by the Waters of Comfort If I was to chuse when to go a long Journey to wit Whether I would go it in the Dead of Winter or in the Pleasant Spring though if it was a very profitable Journey as that of coming to Christ is I would chuse to go it through Fire and Water before I would lose the Benefit I would chuse to go it in the Pleasant Spring because the Way would be more Delightsome the Dayes longer and Warmer the Nights shorter and not so Cold. And it is observable that that very Argument that thou usest to weaken thy Strength in the Way that very Argument Christ Jesus useth to incourage his Beloved to come to him Arise saith he my Love my Fair One and come away Why For lo the Winter is past the Rain is over and gone the Flowers appear in the Earth the time of the Singing of Birds is come and the Voyce of the Turtle is heard in our Land The Fig-Tree putteth forth her Green Figs and the Vine with her tender Grapes give a good Smell Arise my Love my Fair One and come away Song 2. 10 11 12 13. Trouble not thy self therefore Coming-Sinner If thou seest thy lost Condition by Original and Actual Sin if thou seest thy Need of the spotless Righteousness of Jesus Christ if thou art willing to be found in him and to take up thy Cross and follow him Then pray for a fair Wind and good Weather and come away Stick no longer in a Muse and Doubt about Things but come away to Jesus Christ Do it I say lest thou tempt God to lay the Sorrows of a Travelling Woman upon thee Thy Folly in this thing may make him do it Mind what follows The Sorrows of a Travelling Woman shall come upon him Why He is an unwise Son so he should not stay long in the Place of the breaking forth of Children Hos. 13. 13. Seventhly Thy Fears that Christ will not Receive thee may arise from those Decayes that thou findest in thy Soul even while thou art coming to him Some even as they are coming to Jesus Christ do find themselves grow worse and worse And this is indeed a fore Tryal to the poor Coming-Sinner To explain my self There is such an one a coming to Jesus Christ who when at first he began to look out after him was Sensible Affectionate and broken in Spirit but now is grown Dark Sensless Hard-hearted and inclining to neglect Spiritual Duties c. Besides he now finds in himself Inclinations to Unbelief Atheisme Blasphemy and the like Now he finds he cannot Tremble at God's Word his Judgements nor at the Apprehensions of Hell-fire Neither can he as he thinketh be sorry for these Things Now this is a sad Dispensation The Man under the Sixth Head complained for want of Temptations but thou hast enough of them Art thou glad of them Tempted Coming-Sinner They that never were Exercised with them may think it a fine thing to be within the Range but he that is there is ready to sweat Blood for Sorrow of Heart and to howl for Vexation of Spirit This man is in the Wilderness among the wild Beasts here he sees a Bear there a Lyon Yonder a Leopard a Wolf a Dragon Devils of all sorts doubts of all sorts Fears of all sorts Haunt and Molest his Soul Here he sees smoak yea feels fire and brimstone scattered upon his secret places he hears the sound of an Horrible Tempest O! My friends even the Lord Jesus that knew all things even He saw no pleasure in Temptations nor did He desire to be in them Wherefore one Text saith he was led and an other he was driven of the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted of the Devil Mat. 4. 1. Mar. 1. 12. But to return Thus it happeneth sometimes to them that are coming to Jesus Christ. A sad hap indeed one would think that he that is flying from Wrath to come has little need of such Clogges as these And yet so it is and wofull experience proves it The Church of old Complained that her enemies over-took her between the straights Just between hope and fear Heaven and Hell Lam. 1. This man feeleth the infirmity of his flesh he findeth a proneness in himself to be desperate now he chides with God Flings and Tumbles like a Wild Bull in a net and still the guilt of all returns upon himself to the Crushing of him to peices Yet he feeleth his heart so hard that he can find as he thinks no kind falling under any of his Miscarriages Now he is a lump of confusion in his own eyes whose Spirit and Actions are without order Temptations serve the Christian as the Shepheards dogs serveth the silly sheep that is coming behind the flock he runs upon it pulls it down worry it wound it and grievously bedabbleth it with dirt and wet in the lowest places of the Furrows of the field And not leaving it untill it is half dead nor then neither except God rebuke Here is now room for fears of being cast away Now I see I am lost sayes the sinner This is not coming to Jesus Christ sayes the sinner such a desperate hard and wretched heart as mine is cannot be a gracious one saith the sinner And bid such an one be Better he sayes I cannot no I cannot Quest. But what will you say to a Soul in this condition Answ. I will say that Temptations have attended the best
he will in no wise cast out Therefore Jesus Christ would not have him that in Truth is coming to him Once to think that he will cast him out Fourthly If Jesus Christ should allow them Once to think that indeed are coming to him that he will cast him out he must allow them to think that he will despise and reject the Drawing of his Father For No Man can come to him but whom the Father draweth But it would be high Blasphemy and damnable Wickedness Once to imagine thus Therefore Jesus Christ would not have him that cometh Once think that he will cast him out Fifthly If Jesus Christ should allow those that indeed are coming to him Once to think that he will cast them out He must allow them to think that he will be Unfaithful to the Trust and Charge that his Father hath committed to him which is to Save and not to Lose any thing of that which he hath given him to Save Joh. 6. 36. But the Father hath given him a Charge to save the Coming-Sinner Therefore it cannot be that he should allow that such an one should Once think that he will cast him out Sixthly If Jesus Christ should allow that they should Once think that are coming to him that he will cast them out Then he must allow them to think that he will be unfaithful to his Office of Priest-hood For as by the first part of it he paid Price for and Ransomed Souls so by the Second Part thereof he continually maketh Intercession to God for them that come Heb. 7. 25. But he cannot allow us to question his Faithful Execution of his Priest-hood Therefore he cannot allow us Once to think that the Coming-Sinner shall be cast out Seventhly If Jesus Christ should allow us Once to think that the Coming-Sinner shall be cast out Then he must allow us to question his Will or Power or Merit to Save But he cannot allow us Once to question any of these Therefore not Once to think that the Coming-Sinner shall be cast out 1. He cannot allow them to question his Will For he saith in the Text I will in no wise cast out 2. He cannot allow us to question his Power For the Holy Ghost saith He is Able to save to the uttermost them that come 3. He cannot allow them to question the Efficacy of his Merit For the Blood of Christ cleanseth the Commer from all Sin 1 Joh. 1. Therefore he cannot allow that he that is coming to him should Once think that he will cast him out Eighthly If Jesus Christ should allow the coming sinner Once to think that he will cast him out he must allow him to give the lie to the manifest testimony of the Father Son and Spirit yea to the whole Gospel contained in Moses the Prophets the book of Psalms and that commonly called the New-Testament But he cannot allow of this therefore not that the coming sinner should Once think that he will cast him out Ninethly Lastly If Jesus Christ should allow him that is coming to him Once to think that he will cast him out He must allow him to question his Fathers Oath Which he in truth and Righteousness hath taken that they might have a strong Consolation who have fled for refuge to Jesus Christ But he cannot allow this therefore he cannot allow that the coming sinner should once think that he will cast him out Heb. 6. I come now to make some General Use and Application of the whole and so to draw towards a Conclusion THe First Use a Use of Information And it Informeth us That Men by Nature are far off from Christ. Let me a little improve this Use by speaking to these Three Questions 1. Where is he that is not coming to Jesus Christ 2. What is he that is not coming to Jesus Christ 3. Whether is he to go that cometh not to Jesus Christ First Where is he 1. Answ. He is far from God he is without him even alienate from him both in his Understanding Will Affections Judgment and Conscience Ephes. 2. 12. chap. 4. 18. 2. He is far from Jesus Christ who is the only Deliverer of Men from Hell-Fire Psal. 73. 27. 3. He is far from the Work of the Holy Ghost the Work of Regeneration and a Second Creation without which no Man shall see the Kingdom of Heaven Joh. 3. 3. 4. He is far from Righteousness from that Righteousness that should make him Acceptable in God's Sight Isa. 46. 14. 5. He is under the Power and Dominion of Sin Sin reigneth in and over him it dwelleth in every Faculty of his Soul and Member of his Body So that from Head to Foot there is no place clean Isa. 1. 6. Rom. 3. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18. 6. He is in the Pest-house with Uzziah and excluded the Camp of Israel with the Leapers 2 Chron. 26. 21. Numb 5. 2. 7. His Life is among the Unclean He is in the Gall of Bitterness and in the Bond of Iniquity Job 36. 14. Act. 8. 23. 8. He is in Sin in the Flesh in Death in the Snare of the Devil and is taken Captive by him at his Will 1 Cor. 15. 17. Rom. 8. 8. 1 Joh. 3. 14. 2 Tim. 2. 26. 9. He is under the Curse of the Law and the Devil dwells in him and hath the Mastery of him Gal. 3. 13. Eph. 2. 2 3. Acts 36. 18 10. He is in Darkness and walketh in Darkness and knows not whither he goes for Darkness has blinded his Eyes 11. He is in the Broad-way that leadeth to Destruction and holding on he will assuredly go in at the Broad-gate and so down the Stairs to Hell Secondly What is he that cometh not to Jesus Christ 1. He is counted one of God's Enemies Luk. 19 14. Rom. 8. 7. 2. He is a Child of the Devil and of Hell for the Devil begat him as to his sinful Nature and Hell must swallow him at last because he cometh not to Jesus Christ Joh. 8. 44. 1 Joh. 3. 8. Mat. 23. 15. Psal. 9. 17. 3. He is a Child of Wrath an Heir of it 't is his Portion and God will repay it him to his Face Ephes. 2. 1 2 3. Job 21. 29 30 31. 4. He is a Self-Murder he wrongeth his own Soul and is one that loveth Death Prov. 1. 18. Chap. 8. 35 36. 5. He is a Companion for Devils and Damned Men Prov. 21. 16. Mat. 25. 41. Thirdly Whither is he like to go that cometh not to Jesus Christ 1. He that cometh not To him is like to go Further from him for every Sin is a Step further from Jesus Christ Hos. 11. 2. As he is in Darkness so he is like to go on in it For Christ is the Light of the World and he that comes not to him walketh in Darkness Joh. 8. 12. 3. He is like to be removed at last as far from God and Christ and Heaven and all Felicity as an Infinitie