, The Conclufion. l · 9 ·Whythen~ what hinders but that thou !hou!dft b~ happy? Nothing doth or can hinder, but thin: own wilful neglect, or refufal. It was t he paifageof the Eunuch toPhilip: See, her~ k water : Woat do•b hin der me to be b.tptized? So I may fay to.thee: See, here is Ghrifi: ; here is mercy, pardon, hfe: What hin... ders, but chat thou fhouldft be pardoned, and 1a. ved? One of the Martyrs, as he was prayingac the ·Hake, had his pardon fet by in a box, (which, io.– deed;he refufed deiervedly, becaufe upon unworthy terms:) But here the terms are moft f:lonourable andeafie. 0 finner, wilt thou burn with thy par... don by thee? V/hy, do but forthwith giv: up thy confent to Chrift, to renounce t·~Y fins .. deny thy felf., take up the yoke~ and the crois, and thou car... rieft the day, Chrift is thine, pardon, peace~ life, blei: feJnefs, all are thine : And is not this an offer worth the embracing ? \Vhy fnouldfi: thou hefitate, or doubtfully di1pute about the cafe? Is it not pafi con– troverfie, whether God be betur than fin, and glcrJ ... better than vanity? Why fhouldft thou forfake thine own mercy, and fin againft thin,c: own li(e ? Wherl, wilt thou thake off thy fioth, .and layby thj:ne excu– fes ? Boaft not thy felf of to morrow, thou knoweft no:, where this night may lodge thee, Prov. 2.7.1· . Beloved, Now the Holy Spirit is ftriving withyou.· ·He will not always ft.rive. Ha!! thou not felt thy heart warmedby the·word,.and been ·~1moft perfua..:.;. ded to leave offthy fins, and_com~ in to God? H~il thounot felt fome good mot1ons tq thy mind,where– in thou haft been warned of thy danger, and told what thy carelefs courfe would end in ? It may b~ tho~art likeyourigS.tmu-:l, who.when the Lordea}... ledonceand again,he knew not thevokeof theLord I Sam. 3. 6, 7· · But thefe:motions and ite.ms are th~ o!fers, andelfays, and calls, and fi:ri~ipgs of thefpi-~ ne: Oh, take .t~e ady;J.ntage of the ttd.:>and kno""" thedayof thyvi!itatton. · I :Nov;,,. .
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