D,ireflions for Converfion~ · 141 · ~ v~r11on.. . QQench not the Spirit, do not out-ftrive . hin1, do not refift him. Beware of putting out , copvic1ions by evil 'company, or worldly bufinefS. . ~ Wnen thou £ndeft· any troubles for fin, and fears aboue thine eternal fiate, beg of God that they rrlay never leave thee, till they have wrought off thy ·heart throughly fi-om fih, and wrought it over to Jefus Chrift. Say to hin1, Stril{e home, LfJrd ; leave . not the WQr{ in t 1 ;t midjt. If tbou fe eft that ram not yet · wounded enough, tbJt I am not troubled'en:;:Jgb, wound me yet deeper, Lcrd: Ob., go to the bottom vf my corrup- - tion, let out tbe life- blood of my fins. Thus yield up . thvfelfto the woi·kings of the Spirit, and hoife thy fails to his gun:~ . DireCt. XlV. Set upon the conftant and diligent ufo . of {eriotu and fervent praJer. He that negleCts prayer, is a profane 2nd unfJntlified !inner, Jcb r). 4· He that is not couftant in prayer., is but an hypncrite, :fob 27. ro. (unlefs th~ orniffion b~ contrary . to his .ordinary courle, under the force of fon1e inflant temptation) This is one of the firil: thirgs con- . verfion appears_in, that it fets menon praying~ AC1. -9.· r r. Therefore fet to this duty : Let never a day . pafs over thee, whtrein thou haft not, morning and evening., fet apart fo1ne tin1e for fet ai1d folemn . . prayer in fecret. Call thy fan1ily alfo tog·~ther tiai- ·. ·ly and duly. to wori11ip God ·with thee. Woe be ti'nto the~, if thine be l~;und amongft the fatnilies that call not on God's name, 'fer. .ro. t-5. But cold a.nd iifeleis de·..:otions will not reach halfway to h~~aven : Be fervent, and 1rnportunate ; inlpDrtunity w·ill c2rry it; but wirhout violence, the kingdon1 of heaven will not qe taken, Matt h. r r. 11 . . Thoun1uft: ftrive to enter, Lutr. r3· 24 and wrettle with tears ·and fup~)Iications as 'fa cob, if thou n1eaneft; -to carry the bleffing, Gen. 31. 14. cornpared with Ho{. r 2. 4• Thou art undone for ever withoi.lt grace, and th~~t:e- ,. tore .
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