thy heart with feares and thy conscience with terrours Now if for all this thou wilt not returne just is it with God to cast thée downe to hell for ever The fourth Reason and last it is a Wonder that the day of grace is not ended already and that thou art not now in hell When a thing in this kind is looked for to be done it is a wonder that it is not done it is a wonderfull mercie of God unto this Kingdome that yet the day of grace is continued amongst us in regard of our long feare and expectation of the contrary For from the highest to the lowest we have highly revolted more and more and provoked God to his very face What contempt of Gods Word what neglect of Gods Ordinances what prophanation of Gods Sabbaths what scoffing and deriding of Gods servants how doth wickednesse and prophanenesse stand up into the highest roome climbe up into the highest chambers But as a whore condemned to die being with childe is reprived for a time untill her childe be brought foorth so this Land hath gone a whoring from God yet so long as God hath some children to be brought foorth which are not yet come unto the birth he lets his grace and Gospel continue untill these children be brought forth Therefore now beloved if we stick at the birth and come not foorth an hundred to one but we shall miscarry When Christ comes first to thy soule he witnesseth grace and mercy to thée if thou wilt repent and amend yea he witnesseth forgivenesse of sinnes redemption and salvation if thou wilt beléeve but if not he will be a swift witnesse against thee Malachi 3. 5. if thou continue and goest on in thy sinnes Agree with thine adversary while thou art in the way quickly Matthew 5. 25. Now God is in the way with thée , Christ and his Spirit are in the way with thée thou néedest not now say Who shall go up to heaven and bring downe the Spirit to thée Christs Spirit is now knocking at thy heart and now God offers this mercy to thée now thou art in the way now he calls unto thée to accept of his mercy now he commands thée to take Christ now heare him calling to thy heart now he tenders grace unto thée imbrace it now receive Christ and make up thy peace with him remember the saying of the Apostle 2. Corinthians 13. 5. Examine your selves whether you be in the faith prove your selves Know you not your owne selves how that Iesus Christ is in you except you be reprobates As if the Apostle should say I have béene an Apostle to you this yeere and halfe I have preached thus and thus long unto you I have wrote one Epistle to you to reforme those abuses that were among you and now I write this second Epistle to declare the whole will and counsell of God to you Now cast up your reckoning examine your selves and make up your account sée if you have gained Christ O! I have Christ saith one I have Christ saith another I but proue it saith the Apostle and try your selves know yée not that by this time Christ in you or else you be reprobates As if he should say if yet Christ bée not in you and grace wrought in your hearts if yet you lye festring in your sinnes and go one in your wicked wayes it is to be feared you are reprobates either you or we are reprobates you for not obeying or wée not for delivering the truth of God unto you But I trust that yee shall know that we are not reprobates verse 6. God forbid that this Word should be ever spoken unto any soule in this congregation but this let me say is there any man here that goes on in his lusts and in his carnall course of life in pride securitie hardnesse of heart and impenitencie that hath not the soundnesse of grace he hath a fearfull signe and brand of a reprobate whose conscience is stifled it is a fearefull signe if he be not a reprobate before God yet he is one that is not approved but for the present in a wretched and miserable condition Now is the time of grace wherein God hath spoken to your soules remember that vengeance that is comming towards you if it be rejected now the Lords fatlings are ready his Oxen and Shéepe are slaine and laid upon the board Christ is sacrificed and his blood is shed and the grace of the Lord Iesus Christ is tendered to you you that have grace get more grace you that have no grace get grace and Christ and take heede of neglecting any opportunity of grace for that may come unto thee in one houre that will never come againe FINIS Christian Reader I Am desirous to let thee understand that there are diverse other Godly Bookes which are very vsefull for thy Soules health the Titles of them are as followeth 1. A DIVINE MESSAGE to the elect Soule By the same Author M. William Fenner 2. The LIVES and DEATHS of the Moderne DEVINES By M. Thomas Fuller 3. GODS Love MANS Vnworthinesse by M. John Quarles 4. CONJUGALL COUNSELL by M. Thomas Hilder 5. The WARRS of the JEWES newly corrected of sundry Errors 6. A BRIFE INSTRUCTION concerning the Holy SACRAMENTS 7. DIVES and LAZARUS 8. The CHRISTIANS Mourning GARMENT 9. A JEWELL for the EARE 10. ENGLANDS Afflictions 11. ENGLANDS Gentle Admonition All of them are to be sold by John Stafford dwelling in George-yard neere Fleet-bridge