. ·(172) ~ to yo'!J, the wholeCounfcl of Ood. Bretl1~n; I call Heaven and Earth towitnef«his day,thac,t·have'fet , before you life and death, goodand--e~il, and have: . not ceafed ftom day ro day, towarn JOU ro choofe life, and that goodway, that Jeads to it; .. nd eo cr.; cape for your lives, frotn the way of fin an'cl death. Qh remembe.r the many ina-~uB:ions J havegivt;:n you, the n1any Argnn1cnts whereby I have firiven with you, the many Prayers that have beenoffered. ~, up,for the guiding and gaini,ng your Souls~in_to the path of life, a.nd the turning your feet out of th~ way of deftru6lion. Oh n1ight l be able to give this Tdlimony concerningyou all, at rt1y departur~, tbfJ/;avt trodden in-the r ii,ht path.,thfy have d1.ojnz th~ good part tha! fhall not be tak_en from dum. · . Brethren, Beloved, with whon1 I ha,ve travelled in birth, that Chrifi might be forme9 in yo\t; I muft ihordy give up tnyaccount in 'a more foh~mn afftm'f" 1 bly ~· will you help me to give y: up with joy, ·by fbcwin~ your Souls before the Lord, as the Seat · of my Minifi~y. ,Every fincere Convert an1ong you, w iH be a Crown vf rej,qycing to tne in that tiay. So let me rejoyce, and let my joy be the joy of JOU all. t \'V hat iliall I fay mort? If t·here be any confota. tion in Chrift, if any comfort of love, any bo;wels and n1ercies ; if the QlorJ of' the Eternal God, the Honour of the evedafting Gofpcl,the fafety of your . inu11ortal Souls, the incorruptible Crown, the ex- . ~eeding, ete~nal weight ofglory, weigh any .thing . wit_hJou, then once more let n1e bdeechyow, by aU this to hearken to th~lt word ot the Gofp.t:l, which ·God ha.th fpoken toyou by n1e~ ' . . ~.,. Qf my ,deprival~ Th~ n1oft e.lorious m9rn- • I . ~; . ,_~ \
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