522 TheSottle! eeauailcalling to Chriff. ccurfe, they hope tobe faved, andall is well,and they never fee what condition they are in, till theyare in Hell ; therefore they never feekeout for mercy : ThereforeChriff faith to theJewes, Tee prat not come tome to be faved, for ham can yee beleeve, whenyee feeke thehonour one ofanother, and f eke not the honour that comes fromGod. It is im- poßïble for aman to bee in Hell and inHeaven both at once, for light and darbncfle tobee toge- ther inone place, for a man to ref( upon fume, and upon the feee grace ofChrift,as long as thou art felled,as long as thou retieft in thybale ccurfe, as long as thou liveff in a naturali fleepy conditi- on. Tell it to your children, you that are Pa- rents ; tell it to your husbands, you that are wives; husband, howcan you beleeve? childe, how can you beleeve? when thou feekeft not the honourofGod, but fetleff thyfelfe upon thy bale rebellions, and reffeffupon thy corruptions Thuswee fee the hindrance, it is afieepy fecure carelefnefie ofcondition. Now the cure of it is this, namely, labour to inforce thy felfe,touching thine owne eftate,and pinch thine owneheart, awaken and ífirre up thy foule, and pinch thine owne heart in the appre- henfion of that mifery, and wofnlneffe of that condition thou art in, and you fhall helpeone another. A man that is afleepe cannot awaken himfelfe,but another man that is but newawake, that fcarce hath his fentes about him, can ffirre another better than himfelfe : bee you fo wife : Every poore finger is afleepe and fecure in finne, when.
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