Direffions for Conver(ion. I IS dition, without a found arid thorough renovation? Direct. IL Labour to get a tborougb fight, and lively fe(lfe and feeling of tby fins. 1ill men are weary and heavy laden, and pricked at the heart, and Hark fick of fin, they will not come to Chrift, in his way, for eafe and cure; nor to purpofe enquire, Wbat fhalt 'R'e do? ?v1atth~ I I. 28. ACt. 2. 37· Matth. 9· r 2. They muft fet themfe1ves down for dead men before they will cotne unto Chrifr, that they may have life, ;fob.;. 4 o. Labour therefore to fet · a!l thy fins in order before thee; never be afraid to look upon them, but let thy fpirit n1ake diligent feareh, P[al. 77. 6. Enquire into thine heart, and in– to thy life ; enter into a thoro\v examination of thy: felf, and of all thy ways, P[ttl. 1 r 9· 59· that thou mayeft n1ake a full difcovery; and call in the help of Gcd,s Spirit, in the ffnfe of thine own inability hereunto, for it is his proper work to convince of fin, 'fob. I 6. 's. Spread all before the face of thy confcience, till thine heart and eyes be fet abroach. leave not firiving with God, and thine own foul, till it cry out under the fenfe of thy fins, as the en– lightned Jaylor, What muftI do to be faved? Aet. 16. 30. To this purpofe, Meditate of the nurlleroufne{s of thy fins .David'sheart failed when he thought of this~ and confidered that he had more fins than hairs, Pfal. 40. I 2. Thismade him to cry out upon the multitudes of God's tender mercies, P{al. r r ~ r. The loathfome carcafe dothnot more hatefully fwarm with erawling worn1s,than an unfanchfied foul with filthy lufts; they fill the head, the heart~ the eyes and mouth of him. Look back– ward : Where was ever the place, w·hat was ever the time, in which thou didfi: not fin? Look inward : What part or power canfr thou find in foul or body, but it is poifoned with fin ? What duty dolt thou ever perform, into which poifon is not fhed ? Oh, how
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