The Conclufion. 171 me, behold rAe: · I have ft.ret"·hed out my hands all the day to arebellious people, Ifa. 6). I, 2.. Oh, be perfuaded>: now r.t lart, to throw your felves into the arms of,: love. Behold, 0 ye fons of men, the Lord Jefus hath · thrown open the prifons, and now he cometh to · you (as the Magifh ates once to them ;' Atfo r6. 39.) and befeecheth you to come out. If it were'from a : .. Palace, or a Paradice, that Chrifl: did call you, it were no wonder if you were unwilling; (and yet;·, howeafily was A dam tolled from thence!) but it is ·', from your prifon, firs, from you~chains, frorn the . dungeon, from the darknefs, that-·he caHeth you, .. I{a. 42. 6, 7, and yet will you not come?- .· He cal– leth you unto liberty, Gal. ) .· 1 3. and yet wi11 you·· · not hearken? His yoke·is eafie, his laws ·are liberty, hisfervicefreedorn, Matth 1 r. 30. Jam. 1. 2.5. · 1 Cor~ ;'·· 7.12.. and (whatever prejudices youhave againfl: his ways) if a God may. be believed, you lliall find them all pleafure and peace, and ihall tafte fweet- · nefs.and j:oy unutterable, and take jnfiniie delight-'·: and felicity inthe-m,Prov. 3· I7· P{al. 119. r6f. ·-x Pet. ·· 1. 8. P{al. I r;p. 1 o-3, It r. . Beloved, I am loth to leave· \YOU : I cannot tell ·< how to give you over. I am now ready to i11ut up, . but·fain I would drive this bargain between Chrift and you, before I end. \Vhat ! Shall·I leave you as I · ., found -you at lafi ? Have you read hitherto, and are not yet refol vecl upon a prefent abandoning aU·your fins, andclofingwithJefus Chrift? Alas, \Vhat ihall I fay? W·hat fha11 I do ? Will you turn offalltny importunity? Have I run in vain? Have I ufed fo ·· manyargulJlents, ·-and fpent fo mu~h time to per– fuade you, and yet 1nuft fir down at laft in difap– poinrment? · But it is a fmall matter that you turn ·- . . me off; you put a flight upon the God that made. · · you, you rejeel: the.bowels -andbefeechings pf aSa.. ·" .. , · ! 4. ..,. ·· viour,,. ·_
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