I4l Directions for Converfton. fore thou mu·ft put to it, and refolve to take no de– nial. That man that is fixed in this refolution: Well, lmuji ba7.Je grace; and I will nevergive 07./~r, tiJI. I havt grace; , and I wiU never leave{eeking, and 'f!'ttiting, a-nd JlrivingwithGod, and mine O'tl?n heart, till he do rene'Rl . me by the p~wer ~fhis grace ; this man i~ in the likelieft way to·win grace. . • Objecl. B?t qodhearethnot finners, their prayer IS an abomtnatton. .An{w. DilHnguifhbetweenfinners. I. There are Refolved /inners: Their prayers God abhors. 1.. Re.. turning finner J : Thefe God will cor.ne forth to, and meet withmercy, though yet a-far off, Lu~. I;. 20., _Though the prayers of theunfanCl:ified cannot have full acceJ)tance, yet God hath done much at the re– queft offuch; as at Abab~s humiliation, and Nine.. 'lleh's fctft, I l(ing.1.,I. 1...6. "fonab 3·· 8,9. 10. Surely thou n1ayefl: go as far as thefe, though thouha~ no grace: And how doft ·thou kno'N but thou may~ft. fpeed in thy fuit, as they did in theirs? Yea, Is he not far more likely to grant thee/ than them; fince thou askeft in the name of Chrifr, and that not for temporal bleffings, as they, b ut for things much · morepleafing to him; ~ viz. for Chri{t, grace, pardon, that tbott mayEft be juftifted, [anClified, renewed, andfit– ted to ferve him? Turn to thefe foul-encouraging Scriptures, Prov. 1.. I, to 6~ Lu~. I r. 9, I o, 1 1, 1 2, 13, Prov. 8. 34, 3). - · · . Is it not good comfort, that he calleth thee? Mar. ·Io. 49· Doth he fet thee on the ufe of means, and doft thou think he will mock thee ? Doubtlefs, he will not fail thee, if thou be not wanting to thy felf~ Oh, pray' and faint not, Lu~. I 8 I. A perfon of great quality having offended the Duke of ~uc~i~g;· h4m~ the King's . great -Favourit~,. being admttted_m– tohis .prefence, after longwatttng, proftrates him– fell at his feet, faying, llm refolt~~d neve'- to rife more, - - '(~. .. ...... . -· - - lill ., .
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