. Miftak..es about.Converfton: have been troubled in confcience for y~ur fins ? I tell youfrom_t~e Lord, thefe.pleas wtll neve~ .~ accepted ~t God_sBar_. -All thts., though goo? tn ·u; felf, wifl not prove you-converted, and fo wtll not~ fufficeto your falvation. <?h look~bout you, and bethink your felves of turnt!1gfpeedtly and.foundly. Set to praying, and to readtng, and ftudy1ng your own hearts ; reft not, tilfGod bathmade thorough work with ycm ; for you muft be other men, or elfe you are loft men. . But if thefe be ihort of Converfion, \V hat ffiall I fayof the profanefinner ? 'lt n1aybe, hewill fcarce caft his Eyes, or lend ti:! Ears to this difcourfe. But· if there beany [uch readtng: or within hearing, he muftknow1·rom the Lord that made him, that he is. far from theKtngdom ot God. May a man be civi– lized, & not converted? wherethen fhall the Drun– kard, and Glutton appear? May a man keep compa– ny. with the wife Virgins., and yet be fhut out? ShaH: not a CQmpanion ofFools much ~ore be deftroyed? Prov. 1 3·· 1o. May a.man be true and juft in his deal- · ing, and·yet not be-juftified .of.God? What then will become of thee,O wretched·man, whofe confcience tells thee thou art falfe in thy trade,and falfe of thy 'word, and makeft thy advantage by a lying tongue? Ifmen tnay beenl~ghtned,& brought to the perfor– manceof holy duttes,and yet go down to perdition . for reftingin them;.and fitting-down on this fide of. converfion; what .will beco1ne ofyou, 0 miferable families, that live as without God in the world? and of you, 0 wretched finners, with whom God is fcarce in , all y0ur thoughts : that are fQ _ignorant, .. that you cannot, or fo carelef~, that you will not pray ? q repent and be converted; . break off your. fins-by rrgl?teoufnefs .; .~way to Chnft for pardoning and renewtng grace : gtve up your felves to him to ~~ruk withhim inholinefs, '· or elie yc~u fhall . ne~er fee .
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