The Christian in Complete Armour - Gurnall - XXXIV - Direction Seventh continued

Required reading
The Christian in Complete Armour by William Gurnall (Available from Amazon or free here) - Continue the Second General Part of Direction Seventh by reading up to the heading 'Second Kind of Peace'.

My summary

Today we continue Direction Seventh, 'And your feet shod with the preparation of the gospel of peace'.

Firstly, in today's reading, Gurnall gives directions to sinners as to how they may be at peace with God.  You should:

(i) see and be sensible of the feud and enmity that at present stands betwixt God and thee;

(ii) propoundest right ends in thy desire of reconciliation with God;

(iii) throw down thy rebellious arms and humbly submit to his mercy;

(iv) hie thee to the throne of grace and humbly present thy request to God that he would be at peace with thee.

Secondly, Gurnall addresses those already at peace with God and exhorts you:

(i) to makest no peace with sin;

(ii) to be reconciled to any that have wronged thee;

(iii) to never distrust his providence;

(iv) to show no discontent at any affliction;

(v) to comfort thyself that thou shalt feast with God ere long in heaven;

(vi) to woo others to embrace the same mercy.

What grabbed me

I appreciated the exhortation to forsake all sin:'Save one lust and you lose one soul. If men mean to go to hell, why are they so mannerly? This halving with sin is ridiculous. Art thou afraid of this sin, and not of a less, which hinders thy peace, and procures thy damnation as sure, only not with so much distraction to thy drowsy conscience at present? This is as ridiculous as it was with him, who, being to be hanged, desired that he might by no means go through such a street to the gallows, for fear of the plague that was there. What wilt thou get, poor sinner, if thou goest to hell, though thou goest thither by thy ignorance, unbelief, spiritual pride, &c., yet led about so as to escape the plague of open profaneness? O sirs, consider but the equity, the honourableness of the terms that God offers peace upon. What lust is so sweet or profitable that is worth burning in hell for?'

All sin is equally fatal and must be abandoned.

Next week's reading
Continue the Second General Part of Direction Seventh by reading up to the heading 'Use or Application. [A reproof to three sorts of persons.]'.

Now it's your turn
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