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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57013	Man's greatest concernment movingly press'd his chiefest happiness plainly opened, his many hinderances and intanglements discovered and removed, the indespensible and absolute need he hath of a saviour, and the fulness of Christ considered, the great length a man may come and yet be void of saving grace, together with the clear marks and evidences of a saving interest in Christ, motives pressing to self examination, with many excellent Christian directions / held forth in a letter written by that worthy man of God, that highly honoured witness, minister, and martyr to Jesus Christ, Mr. James Renwick, to two gentlewomen, August 13, 1687.	Renwick, James, 1662-1688.	1687 (1687)	Wing R1044; ESTC R35143	5,178	9

in these Luke xviii 11 12 13 14. They may have very great Sorrow for Sin not because of the Dishonour done to God but the Hurt to themselves not because they are polluted but because they are destroyed by it Matth. xxvii 3. Heb. xii 17. They may have a Desire after Grace which yet is not for Grace's sake but for Heaven's sake Matth. xxv 8. They may have an Historical Faith and give the Assent of the Mind to all that is revealed in the Word yea to the spiritual Meaning of the Law Mark xii 32 33 34. They may have big Hopes and that in the Mercy of God which nevertheless is but Presumption for they forget that he is just and neglect to lay hold upon Christ for Satisfaction of his Justice whereas he is merciful to none out of Christ John viii 13 14. They may have the common Operations of the Spirit and a Taste of the heavenly Gift and of the Powers of the World to come Heb. vi 4 5 6. They may be convinced that it is good to close with Christ and comfort themselves as if they had done it whereas they are still in their natural State Hos viii 2 3. They may suffer many Things materially for the Cause of God and toil much in following Ordinances undergoing the same out of Respect for their own Credit 1 Cor. xiii 3. I say People may and many do arrive at all these and such like Attainments and notwithstanding remain in the Gall of Bitterness and Bond of Iniquity It may make us all tremble to think what a Length Folk may go and yet never have gone out of themselves and passed through the Steps of Effectual Calling Many will say to him in that Day We have eaten and drunken in thy Presence and thou hast taught in our Streets Have we not prophesied in thy Name and in thy Name cast out Devils and in thy Name done many wonderful Works whom he will chase awa● from his Presence with that fearful Sentence Depart Ye professing unto them that he never knew them Let this alarm you to make sure Work in this great Concern and not deceive your selves with a Counter●eit in stead of a Reality with a Flash in stead of Conversion and a Delusion instead of Christ But get ye 〈◊〉 Sight of your sinful and miserable Sate a Sense and Feeling thereof putting you in a Perplexity and discouraging you from resting in it a Conviction of your Inability to help your selves and of your Unworthiness that God should help you out of it and look unto Christ as your alone Saviour receiving him wholly in his Threefold Office of King Priest and Prophet welcoming him and taking up his Cross against the World the Devil and the Flesh and resting upon him alone for Salvation And then the Business will be done and all will be sure Then ye may defy Devils and Men for plucking you out of his Hand And if ye have thus closed the Bargain with him then ye will find in-you a War declared and maintained against all Sin Rom. vii 15. Ezek. xviii 21. 1 John iii. 9. A Respect to all the Commandments of the Lord Ezek. xviii 21. A liking of the Way of Happiness as well as of Happiness it self John iii. 14.15 An high Esteem of Justification and Sanctification Psal xxxii 2. A Prizing of Christ and a longing to be with him Phil. i. 23. And an admirable Change wrought in you a new Judgment new Will new Conscience new Memory new Affections In a Word all the Faculties of the Soul will be new in regard of their Qualifications and all the Members of the Body in regard of their Use 2 Cor. v. 17. Now if ye have attained to a Saving Interest in Christ ye may find these and the like Marks and Evidences of it O halt not in this great Matter rest not in an Uncertainty and satisfie not your selves with a May-be But Examine your selves whether ye be in the Faith prove your own selves know ye not your own selves how that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be Reprobates In setting your Faces toward Zion ye may expect that Satan will raise all his Storms against you but fear him not for the Grace of GOD is sufficient for you Give your selves wholly to the LORD to serve him and to love his Name to choose and follow the Things that please him Your greatest Honour lieth in this your greatest Duty your greatest Profit and your greatest Pleasure Count the Cost of Religion God is a liberal Dealer deal not niggardly with him prig not with him about your Estates Who in Heaven is like unto him and who in the Eart● is to be desired like him Lay down to him your Names your Enjoyments your Lives and your All at his Feet for he is only Worthy to have the Disposal of them and the Sufferings of this present Time are not worthy to be compared with the Glory that shall be revealed Think not much to quit the vain and carnal Delights of the World they cannot satisfy your Senses and much less your Souls The Earth is Round and the Heart of Man Three-nooked therefore This cannot be filled by That And tho' ye could find Content in them yet how vain were it because unconstant and how unsolid because uncertain Regard not Mens Reproach for so reproached they our LORD and the Prophets Yea there can be no Contempt or Calumny cast upon you for the Gospel's Sake but what hath been cast upon the Faithful in all Ages Remember Moses who esteemed the Reproach of Christ greater Riches than the Treasures of Egypt And go ye forth without the Camp bearing his Reproach Christ's new Name will more than enough compense the World's Nick-name Advance resolutely in the Way of Godliness your Guide is faithful your Victory certain your Reward sure and your Triumph everlasting Stumble not because Religion is mocked at for it is not the worse that Man thinketh so little of it Count it not a Fancy because many desert it but Taste and See that GOD is good Follow no Man further than he follows Christ Divide not from the Head to unite with any professed Members Walk not with them who renounce their Dependence upon Christ Or who are carrying on a Course of Defection pressing a relinquishing of the present Testimony and casting Reproaches upon the Way of GOD. Keep your selves from the Pollutions of this Time and partake not with other Men in their Sins But study to have a good Conscience and a good Conscience will be a peaceable Conscience and a peaceable Conscience will be a fat Feast Shun so much as ye can the Company of carnal and vain Persons Ye will not get this wholly evited but ye may avoid unnecessary Converse Frequency and Familiarity with them We are obliged to carry our selves with Courtesy Humanity and Pity towards All but not with Friendliness and Familiarity Ye know Evil Company and Comunication corrupteth good Manners O! what shall I say Watch always be much in secret Prayer Self-examination Spiritual-meditation Read the written Word of GOD Seek to have your Minds understanding it your Hearts affecting it and your Consciences and Actions guided by it Get his Spirit to dwell in you by directing you into all Truth reproving you for Sin and bringing every Thought in Obedience to Christ and leading you into Supplication Lay aside every Weight and run the Race that is set before you with Cheerfulness and Alacrity Despise every Opposition and Obstruction in the Way and keep your Eyes still upon the Prize having a Respect to the Recompence of Reward Now The very God of Peace sanctify you wholly and I pray GOD your whole Spirit and Soul and Body be preserved Blameless unto the Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ I am Much honoured Ladies Your assured and obliged Friend and Servant in the LORD JA. RENWICK FINIS