T!Je pcone tuftofi: :' ,. 27'S'.·:? · as R.ebe~ah gave to them, Gen. 24· ;7, rs~· And -the] . [aid, We will. eaU the dam{el, and enquire at her moutb. And they caUed Rebekah, and [aid unto her, Wilt thou .: gowith tbis man? And foe {aid, I wiUgo. Oh that I had . _, but thus much from you ! Why fhould I be your ac- _ cufer, Matth. 1 o. I 4, r). who thirft for your falva- . tion ? \Vhy ihould the paffionate pleadings and \, wooings of mercy be turned into the horridaggra.. . vations ofyourobfl:inacy-, and additions to your mi... .. fery? Judge in your felves-: Do.you not think their · condemnation will be doubly dreadful, that iball fhll go on in their fins,... after all endeavours to recall , them? Doubtlefs, it jhaU be more tolerable for Tyi·e __ · and Sidon, yea'f for Sodom and Gomorrah, in the day ., Df judgment> tban [o1· you, Matth. r r. 2 2, 24- ... Beloved, If you have any pity for your perifhing ., fouls, dofe witnthe prefent offers ofmercy : If y0u would not continue ·and increafe the pains of your · ·· travailing Minifters, do not ftick in the birth. If the -_ God that made you have any authority with you, o– bey h_~s command, and come in. If yON are not the _· deipifers of grace, and weuld not ibut up the doors ·of lnercy agaiofl: yourfelves, repent) and be convercs ... ted. Let not heaven fiand open for you in vain : Let not the Lord Jefus open his wares, and bid you buy .,· without money, and without price, in vain : Let not .· his Miniflers, and his Spirit, {lrive with you in vain, .. ~ and leave you now at !aft unperfuaded, Jeft the ten- . · tence go forth againft you, The bellows are burnt, the · lead u confumed of the fire, tbe founder meltech in vabz; ~ ... Reprobate filver fhau men call them, . becaufe the Lord :f bath rejeCted them, Jer. 6. 29, 30. · . Ftttber of[pirits, take the beart inband that k tooha.rd ,' for m)' weakne[J: Do not thou ha·~e ended, :tbou.clb l b4'U~ .. , dDne ·; balf aword from tbine effectual. power, will do thfl ;, wor~. 0 tbou tbat b~ft the l{ey of Dcnhd, that openejt :f when no m~tn jh~ttftb . ; {)pen tbou tl;is beart, . M tbou diilft :· ,: · L1.dia"s/) -·
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