Hea d UI. .Man unable to r ecover himfel_f. 141 mo:e to d6 them aJl ? Yet if thou do not ~ 11, thou dofi no– thi ng. T urn then to what cour fe of !ife thou wi lt, thou a rt fti!l in a (hte of wrath. Scrtw up t hy obedie nce to the grea td1 hei ght thou canfi:; fu ffe r what God lay5upon thee , yea add , ~f thou wilt, to the burden, and w.: jk unde r all , without the leaft impatience : yet all this \\'ill not fatisfy the demtl nds of the faw; and therefore thou art Hill a ru i n ~ ed creanHe. Alas! finner, what art thou doing, while thou llrive!t to help thyfelf; but dof1 not receive and unite with } e/tu Chrifl ? Thou art labouring in the fire, wearyin~~ t hyfe lf for very vanity ; labouring to enter into heaven by th e door, which Adam's fi n fo bo lt ed, as nei ther be, nor any of his loft pofterity can ever enter by it. Doft thou not fee the flamin g f\vord of juil:ice keepin g thee off from th e tree of l if~? DoH: thou .not hear ·the law denounci ng a curfe on thee for all thou art doing ; even for thy obedi– ence, thy prayers, thy tears, thy reformat ion of life, &c. becaufe, being unde1 the Jaw's dominion, thy belt works are not fo good , as it requi res them to be, under the pain' of the curfe ? Bdieve it, firs, if you live and die out of Chri!t, without being actually united to him as the fecond .Adam, a life-givi ng fpirit, and without coming under the covert of his atoning blood ; though ye fhou!d do the ut• · moil that any man on earth can do, in keeping the corn~ mands of Go.d: ye fhall never fee the face of God in peace. If you lhou!d, from.this mo.. ~ent, bid an eternal farewel .to this world's joy, and all the affairs thereof; and hence– forth buf'y yourfelves wi th nothing, but the falvation o.f your fou ls; if you would go into fome wildernefs, live up– on the grafs of the field, and be companions to dragons and owls ; · if you fnould retire to fome d~nk cavern of the earth~ and weep there for your fins, until ye have wept yourfelves blind, yea, w.ept out all the moi ll ure ejf your body; if ye fuould confefs with your ton gue, until it cleave to the roof of your mouth ; pray, tiil your knees grow hard as horns; faf1, till your body become like a fkeleton; and after all this, give it to be burnt: the w ord i1 gone oui o.fthe L ord 's mouth in rig.hteoufnefi, and cannot return; you fhould pe~ rifh for ever, notwit~ftand~ng of all th is, as not being m Chrilt. John xiv. 6. No man cometh unto the Father, but PJ mr• A(rs iv. ,12. J.Veitker iJ there Jalvation in any o~ ther .
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