ottves to Converfion, rleniption,. thoue,h thefe had heen the conditions ?. Yea, farther; If ()od ihouid have·· told you . you fhould have fried in the fire for millions of ages, or been fo long torn1ented in hell, would you not have gladly accepted it ? Alas! all thefe are not– f~ much ·as ~ne -fand in the gla['i of eternity. If your offended Creator fbould have held vou but one·year upon the rack, and then bid you come a.nd forfake your fl11s, a~cept Chri£+., and ferve hirn a few years in ielf.'denial, or lie in this cafe for ever a,1d ever: Do rou think you ibould have ftt1ck at t!1e offer., and dtfputed ,the· tern1s, and have been unr~folved wheth,er you were be£1: to accept of the I110tton.? 0 ·finner, return and live: Why fhouldft thou die, wheh life is to~e had,for ·the faking, and mercy fhould be beholding to thee (as it were) tt> be faved ? Couldft thou·fay ·indeed, Lord, I 1{1!-:-., tb;J.t tbou waft an hard man, Matth.' 2)'- 24. thou hadft fon1e little excufe: But when~ the God ef heaven had Hooped fo low~ and bated fo far, if now thou fhouldft fiand ofi~ wh.o !hall plead for thee? . . . . Obj. Notwithfianding all thefe abatements; I am no more able to perfonn thofe conditions (in thetn– felves fo eafie~ of faith and repentance, and tincere obedience, than to fatisfie and fulfii the 'Law. · Anfw. Thefe you may perfonn, by God'~ grac~ enabling; whereas the other are naturally unpoi• fi ble in this Hate, even to believers themielveS· Eut let the next contideration ferve for a fuller anfwer. - .r. - f:Vh~rein .you are irtf~otent, God dotb offer grace to e'[!able you. I ha~e ftr,etcbed out my band, trfd no man re– garded, Prov. r. :t 4 • - What though you .are plunged · into the ditch of that 111ifery, fron1 wluch you can never get out ? Chrift offere.th to help you ~ut ;. h~ ftretcheth his hand to.you, and-if you penih, 1t 1s · · for
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