Di:--eEtions for Converflon: r·. ~r~9 3· r.· 'Vill youventure.your felves upon my_word, ~ and .depend on tny faithfulnefs, and- t-ak:e .1111. bond . for your fecurity? .Will you be contet"tt to( fgJl<~?~ · me, in poverty,. and reproach, , a.n:<tafflitl~on-here ; . and to iee·muchgoing·out, andJit.til~ Lcoming i.rlJ,and . to tarry till the next .world fai:~ you· :preferrh~nt? . Mattb. 9· 2; r: I dealrnuch ~p.on .truft: \VilLytiu.oe· ·. content to labour, and fuff.:r, ·and tQ tan·y for:yeur < returns·:till thc·refurrettionof the jufl ?· ~Lltk~ .. r~.. ~/4·· The.wom:,.of my promife will not pr.efentl;.. b.r:n,; · forth : ,,will you have th.epatien-:e t<> wait? Ht b. ·to. t 3,6• ...Now, beloved.·; \Vhat fay you1t.o ,this) ',Will . you .have;tl1is.:_God for y:our God? ..Wi.ll. Jou' b~ eon- · . tent to -live Jby faith, and tnift him for an unfeen . :.happinefs, an unfeea heaven, an unfe.en glory t Do ~ ypur hearts anfwer, Lord, . we wi!l·venture (mr Jelves .upon thee, we cotnm.:t our {elvcsJo tbee, w~ r(J·!l JJ..po,..fkc-e, W~ f(i10'R7 W . 1 JO 1l We bave .trufle.d-, •We 4te .WiJlin~ to ta.l(.e thy wQrd, we will prefer_ thy promifes :befJrt p::,tr.own~po{.fe.ffio:n.r, and tbe. hopef of b.ea :;en be fore ·au tb.t eY{jO)'tn,ent,~ -- ,of the e.trth; We wiU ~.tit t/:y lEifiJre _: 'fVh.tt' tboy F,ilt .here, fo that' n~e may l;.~ve but th)' faitb[uf promife:.for]Jf!~· ~en bere .tft:·r? .If you can in truth, and ~upbn deli-- .beration, thus .accep~ nf Gb.o, he . will .be"'ypnrs. Thus there mufi oe, in a right converfion tQ God, a-· ,a clofing·withhim fuitable to·his_excelle.ncies.. ·B. ut .W5'1<:i1 tnen~ clo{fe with his me1~y1 ·bJit y:et love ~ fln~ ha. dt)?; holin~fs and purity ; .or will .take him :for t}1eir Fr::nefaetot; but not fon their S·::rv.ent.~gn ; or for their Patr0n, but not for their Portion ; .· his is . no tl~orow1 and -no found converfiQn~~ ~: L, . Drreet. VIL·, Accept of the Ln1;d;Jefr?'$ in :tU bi! of]ia , ~.lth alf ~his iti(~J'l·venienpes, 411tb-i~c•.ll,p,!_Dn th fc .ter{n); Chritt 111-A:V::b~ }jad. :.~Si:n; er,.·15t1-friu · h_~:~ll:Jn:lune·rhy r 'f d , .4. ~ · J· L . "' 0 ' t . . ~~· , ?i1 ·;u:~t , !t·hu nge. 1 E1 t·.),; rn~ 01 t c.,n r t. mo1~ {~\JlOr~~ie n)if-:-r¥, 0~1~ c.f:wJ1~.·h Fhour{r·t never;~blt t0 , b J r C"'k · r. - • t · · • • 1. . 1 C11.:n up : BJt eiiJS· tH 1:t J5 a )~e ~Q-~1 re~c~ ~P- r,c.~.p · ' G ) t\ee~,
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