'I3<D ,. DireEtio11s for Converfton. thee;:..and he~reely tendershimfelf to thee, Heb.1: 2 r. 5'•h· 3•36. Be! thy fins never fo many, never 19 great, ofnever fo long continuance, yet thou fhalt . J;>e moft certainly.pardoned and faved, if thoudoft not wretchedly negleCt the offer that in the name of God is here ~ade unto t~ee. .The Lord )efus cal– leth unto thee, tolookunto htm and be taved, Ifa. ·4 r. 22. tocomeuntohim, andhewill innowifecaft .theeout, ~fJb. 6-.37•. · Yea; he is a fuitor-to thee, and -befeechetll thee to be reconcile.d, . 2. ·cor. 5· 2o. He cryeth in the fireets, he knocketh at thy door, he wooeth thee to accept of him, and live with him, J?ro11, . 1. ae. Rev. :2~ '3o. If.thou diefi, ~tis becaufe ·thou wouldft not come to him for: life; ·Job. s. 40• . Now'accept of anofferedChriit and thouart made · for ever : ·Nowgive up thyconfent to him, and the match is made, all theworIdcannot-hinder it. Do not Handoff.becaufe ofthine unworthineis. Man, ltell thee~ nothing in all the worldcan undo thee, ·but thin~ unwillingnefs. Speak, man: Art thou ~il--lingof thematch·? Wilt thou have Chrifi: in all his relations to ·be thine; thyKing, thyPrieft, thy Pro– phet ; Wiltthouhavehimwithall his inconvenien• ·ces ?. Take not Chrift haridover head, but fit down nr.tt, and count the coft. Wilt thou lay all at hiS · .feet? \Vilt thou be-content to run all hazards with ·him? Wilt thqu take thy lot with him, f~ll where it will'? Wilt thoudeny thy ftlf$ take up thy cro(s, and follow him ? Art thou deliberately, under~ . .ft~d~ngly, freely, fixedly, ~~termineq to,cleave to htm mall ttmes, .and condtttQns ? It fo, my foul for thine, thou thalt never periih> :fob. 3· r6. bue art paffed from d~th to life. Here lies·the. main point of thy falvat~:on, t~at th~ be found tn thy covenant-clofure wtth Jeius Chn;fi; and therefo~e, if thou love thy felf, tee ·that thou be faithful ~o. q~ arl4 thy foul here.L . . ~[Direct. ~ .
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