by Samuel Rutherford - thank God our hope is not in freewill

Thank God for any good that you have, and that you are kept safe and secure. They never knew Christ’s help very well who believe our salvation rests in our free-will, to be kept by it; and who say Christ acquired salvation for all, and then placed it in the hands of free will to be disposed of as it pleases, to be kept or not to keep it. This is to make Christ a foolish merchant, who takes no account of whether it is misspent or not. But, Christ is not so. He knows what shall become of all whom He has bought. It is always the happiness of the weaker to depend upon the stronger. So it is the happiness of the poor soul to depend upon Christ and upon free grace. The security of the ship is in the hands of the pilot and the security of lost and weak sheep depends upon a good shepherd, who seeks them and keeps them from their enemies. So, the security and peace of lost, perishing souls depends on this; to trust Christ and his strength for their salvation and not upon a fickle witness as their free will.