Direcl'ions for Converfion. ·I 25 · gain, reputation, 1 The[ r. 9· ' L!t t11efe be·pulled out of the throne, and rec God's intereft uppe~·mofi: in thine kt:art: Take hirn as Gpd, t~· he chief in thine affections, eftimations, intentions;· for he will'notendJre to have any {et abo~e hin1:, Rcnn.\T. i 4· P{ttL73 2)\ In aw .:rd, Thou n1ufl rake hi.m , in ail his· perfonal Relations, a-~~,, in aU. hi£ effenti.al Perfeflions. · \ , ~ . · Firft:, In aU /;is p::r{r.al Reiations: _·God thc ·Pather: znufi: be taken f:Jr thy Fath~r, :f-er..-3. ·4,119, z2•. Oh, come to him with the Pro:ligal, FaJt.E:r·:,.l bd:ueflr.ned . .ag"ain{t beaven, and in tby fight, and am r.ct ,wartbJ to he ·called thy [on; but finee of thy. wond:rf.~!- mercy thou art: pleafed to ta~e me, th .tt am of my, felf a ·dog, a [):cine, a. devil, to be thy chill, I [ol~mnly taf{e_ thee for 'ltlJ E':1thcr, · .commPnd my {elf to thy care, anl trajt to ti;ypro·ui1ence, ' ·and caft my burden on thy jhJulder.r. I dc·pend orl tiJ]'pro– vifion, and fubmit to t l7y correffitnrs, and th;fl: unJer the . ''. fbadow of thy winls, and bide in tby cbambers ~ tt'ld fly to t tbyname. I renounce aU confidence inmy [elf, 1npJfemy confidence in t bee, I tlepofe my co:.cernm~nts 'tvhh tber-. -: I will be for thee, and for no ot~ier.. Again'} God-theSon .·muft be taken for thy Saviour, for ·thy R~deen1e1. and Righteonfnefs :fo&. I· :z.. · ·He muft ·be accep– . ted as the only.way to the Father, and the only tneans of life, Heb. 7. 25. On then put of£ the rayment of thy captivity, on with tEe w~dcling. garment, and go and n1arry thy fdf to Je.fus ChrH!:. Lortf; Iamthine) .tnd JU tba.t l bavr:; my bHly · rn)'._ jo;;/.,;r;y - nttme, my e[f.a-e. I fend a bill of divorc:e·t.o niy otl; ~r.lovers: I give m) be~-zrt to tbee, I wi!l~be tbindHr:iiD"isi~frJ, tbine eruerl1ftingly. r will fer t.l;ynJme o;1 ' ait ~I htt;'c;·f).ttnd u[e 'it cnlJ M tby goo iJ, M t!Jy loan during tl.>y leave., rc– fig,ning, aUto tbte. I ~ill have no I{ing but t!Jee ~ Ke-ivn tbou over me. Other Lords have had dorninion over m~; · but now 1 n~iU nu.!,~e iizenlion of ·t!;y 1ume Ol1ly, , .a.nd do her-e ta·k_e ·an e;atb of r~· alty to the,fl, pr..om.ifing ~-~ d·vtr~-.j-ng G. l tJ) ' .
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=