Moti1Jes ·to:·Converfion: · Why, as G-od-liv~th, that made thy foul, ·thou art hut a few hours difiant from all this, except thou , :repent, and be converted. ~ : i Oh! I am even loft and.fwallowed up in the a. bu.ndance of thofe_argume~ts th~t I might fuggefr. !f there:be anypotnt of 'YlfdC?IJl tn all the world, it · IS. to repent, and come 1n ; tf there be any thing righteous> any thing reafonable, this is it : If there be aa.y thing in the v1orld that may be called mad– nefs and folly, and any thing that may be counted tottifl1, abfurd, brutiib, unrea(onab!e, it is thi!, to . g1..l on in thine unconverted eftate~ Let mebeg thee, as thon wouldft not \vilfullydeftroy thy felf, to fit downand weigh, befide.s what hath been faid, -there · following tnotives, and let confcience fpeak, ifit be not reafon that thou fhouldH repent and turn. 1. The God that made thee dotb mojfgrttciouflJ invite tpee. . · Firft, 1-lh moft [weet ~.nd. merciful nature· ·dotb invite t!;ee. 0 -the kindnefs ofG,od, his working bowels, his-tender mercies ! They are infinitely above our thoughts: Higher than heaven, what can v.;e do? D~eper thanhell, what canwe know? Job IJ. 7,8,9. He-is full of compaffion, andgraciott4 ; long [ujferb1g, and. pleniea;v.s in mercy, Pfal. 86. I). This is -a,great ar- · gument to perfuade finners to come in : Turn unto . '8pe Lord~urGod, for he h gracio~ and mercif;r.l, flow .to anger, of great kindne{s, ·and repent~th (Jim of theevil• .I~ · Godvvpuld not repent of the evtl, tt were fome rl1f· couragement to us, whywe fuould not repent. If there wen~ no hope of ·mercy, it were no fuch~onaer ifrebels fhould Hand out: But neyer had fubJects fuih a :gracious Prince~ fuch piety, patience ~' cle~ mency, pity, todeal wtth, as.you have~ Who u. rt · Gpd li.~e unto thee, that pardo~th irziquity? &c. Mtc,.' 7· 18~ O ·fi(lners, fee what a .God. ·you have :odeal ·. ~~~~ - ! If Y,P.\JJYi~l, ~~t tJ;Lrn, H~ w~~ ~urn .agazn; b:;:_
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