2~ Tl1e NAture of·converfion. r on, but fet torepenting and believing. CrytoGod for converting grace. Revealed things belong to thee?in thefe · bu~e thy felf. ·Tis juft (a.s ~~ewell faid) that they that wtll not feed on the platnfood ofthe word, fhould be choaked with the bones~ Whatever Gods purpofes be~am fure his promifes be true. Wh~tever the decrees of Heaven be. I · ~m fure, that tf I repent and believe 1 fhall be faved; and that if-I re– pent not,I ihall be dan1ned.Is not here plain ground for thee ? and wilt thou ·yet run upon the rocks ? More particularly, this change of converfion paf– fes throughout in the whole fubjett. A carnal per– fon may have fome Shreds of good morality, a little near the lift, but he is never good throughout the whole cloth, the whole body of Holinefs and Chriftianity; Feel him a little further near the ridge, and ·you fhall fee him tobe but a deceitful piece. Converfion is no repairing of the old building, but it -takes all down, and erects a new firueture: it is not the putting in a patch, or fowing on a lifi: of holinefs; but with ~he true convert, holinefs is woven into all his powers, principles,.~and pra– tlice. The fincere Chrifiian is quite anew·· fabrick, · from the Foundation totheTop-ftone, all fire:new. He is a new man, Eph. 4· ~4. a gew cr_:eature. All things are becon1enew, 2 ·cor. 5· 17. Converfion is a deep work; a heart work, A5l. ~. 37· and 6. 14. it turns all upfide down, and makes a man be in a newworld. Itgoes throughout with Men, 'through– out theMind, throughout the Members, through– out the Motions of the whole Life~ 1. Throti;~,"bout the Mind. It makes an univerfal change within. Firft, it turns the ballance of the judgment, fo that God and his Glory do weigh down all carnal and worldly intereft, ACE. 2o. 24. Pbil. r. 2o. .P{al. 73• 1;. It opens the eye of the . ·; and make~ theScales ofitsNative Ignorance to
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