otives to Converfion~ finning nor fufferint;; there,_Re'!.!. 2 I. 2 7-, 2 2' 3' 4; 5' ') not of gold (for thts £hall be vder than the dirt in that day, ) -but a crown of life , :f4m~ 1. I 2. a crown of righteoJ.Ifnef'3, 2 Tim. 4· 8. a crown of - glory, I Pet. 5. 4· Yea, thou ilial~ put ~nglory as C1 robe, .I Cor. I;. 53· ·and · i11alt fhtne hke the Sun in the firmament , in the glory of thy Father, Matth. 13. 43· Look now upon thy dirty fl~fh~ thy clay, thy worms m.eat : Thts very fle!h, thts lun1p, this carcafe iliall be brighter than the fiarsl Van. r 2. 3 • In ibort, Thou fhalt be made like utito the Anv,e!s of God<) Luk- 2.0. 36. and beh~ld his face in righ– teoufnefs, Pfal. 17. 15. Look tn now, and tell me Dolt thouyet believe ? Ifnot, confcience mutt pro.: nounce thee- an infidel ; for it is the very word of God that I fpeak. But if thou fay thou be1ieveH, let -me pext know thy refolutioss. Wilt thou embrace this for thy happinefs? Wilt thou -forego thy finfuJ gains, thy forbidden pleafures ? :Wilt thou trample on the '" world's efteem, and fpit in the harlot's face, and !top – thine ears at her flatteries, and wreft thee out of her embra~es ? Wilt thou be content to take upwith prefent reproach and poverty,, if it lie in thy way to heaven, and follow the Lord with humble felf– denial, in a mortified and fle;h.difpleafing life? If fo, all is thine, and that for ever. And art not thou fairly offered ? Is it not pity but he iliould be dam-· ned, that will needs go on and perifh, when aH this may be had for th.e ·taking? In a word, Wilt thou novt clofe with thefe proffers ? Wilt thou take– God at his word? \Vilt thou let go thy hold-fafi: of the ,world, and rid thy hands of thy fins, and Jay hold on eternaLlife? If not, let confcience tell thee whether thou_ art not diftratl:ed, or bewitched, that thou fhouldft negleCt fo happy a choice; by which: -tli,ou rnighteft be.Jnadefor ev·erQ.
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