And what a thing
will it be to be turned off at last, as one that abused the love of
Christ; as one that presumed upon his lusts, this world, and all
manner of naughtiness, because the love of Christ to pardon sins was
so great! What an unthinking, what a disingenuous one wilt thou be
counted at that day; yea, thou wilt be found to be the man that made
a prey of love, that made a stalk ing-horse of love, that made of
love a slave to sin, the devil, and the world; and will not that be
had?
OBJECTION. If it be so, then men need not care what they do; they
may live in sin, seeing Christ hath made satisfaction.
ANSWER. If I were to point out one under the power of the devil,
going hastily to hell, I would look no further for such a man than
to him that would make such a use as this of the grace of God. What,
because Christ is a Saviour, thou wilt be a sinner; because his
grace abounds, therefore thou wilt abound in sin! O wicked wretch,
let me tell thee before _I_ leave thee, as God's covenant with
Christ for his children stands sure, immutable, and unchangeable, so
also hath God taken such a course with thee, that unless he deny
himself, it is impossible that thou shouldst go to heaven, dying in
that condition. They tempted God, proved him, and turned his grace
into lasciviousness; so he sware in his wrath, They shall not enter
into my rest.
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