174 The Conclujion_. qive up your felves unto Chrift, .to live foberly; ngqteoufiy and godly; embrace hiS righteoufnefs, ac~epthis go.vernment; and though you have been fwtne, he wtll waib you; Rev. 3• 6. . !-!ear, O· re loofe c~mpanions, whofedelight is in vatn and wtcked foctety, to fport away your time · incarnal mirth and jollity .with them; come in at wifdom's ~all, and chufe h~r, and her ways, and you fhall hve, Prov. 9· )-, 6. Hear, 0 yefc0rners, hear the word of the Lord : Thoughyouhave madea fport at godlinefs, and tlte profeffors thereof; though you have made a fcorn ofChrifr, :1ndof his ways; yet, even to you dothhe E:all, to gather you ·under the wings of h1s mercy., Prov. r. 22, 33· In a \\'Ord, Though you 1-hould be · found among the wor11: of that b1ack roll~ r-Cor . 6. 9-, ro. yet, uponyour throughconverfion, you fhall . be waihed, you fhall be juttified, you fha1 \ ~ fan6ti11:ed-, ~n thenameof theLord Jefus, andby theSpirit .: of our God, ver. r r. Ho, every formal profeffor, that art but a luke– wannanddough-bakedChriftian, and refl:eft in t he form of godlinefs; give over thy halving 1 and thy l!alting; be athroughout Chri<tian, and bezealous, and repent; ·and then, though thou haft been anof– fence toChrift's ftomach, thou ibalt be the joy of . his heart, R.ev. 3. I 6, I 9, 2o~ And now bear witnefs that mercyhathbeenoffer- · ed you: I c~tU heavenand earth to rec (: rd againft Jf·u tbk·, day, thlt I have fot beforeyou life and deat h, ~leffing and ·, curfing;; tberefore chu[e life, tbat you may ltve, Deut. 3o. 1 9· I can but woo you] and warn you ; I cannot ·· cotnpel you to behappy ·;·· tf.I cou1d, I would. \Vhat anfwer will you ,fend .me wtch, to my Mafter ? Let · me fpeak unto you, as·Abrabam"sfervan~ to then·t ; ··~ And no"tP, ·if.you will d;at ~in.lly and truly wtth my J-~~fter, teUme, Gen. 24·.4.9• Oh, forfuchahappy.anfw::~-.
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