ece tty o Co~ver · It was a pa!fage of the~ob~e Roman, ~henhe was . hafting withcorn to thectty_ _u~ the famtne, and the mariners were loth to fet falltn foul weather, Ne– ceffaritt1JZ eft na7Jigare, noneft necef{ariurlf vivere: O~r . voyage is-of more neceffity than our hves. . What 1.s it that thou doR: account neceffary ? rs thy bread necei{ary? Is thy breath necelfary? Thent~y.con• . verfion is much more nece!fary. Indeed, th1s IS the ' Unum neceffrJ.rium, the one thing nece!f4ry. Thine eftate is not neceffary; thoumayeft fell all for the · pearl of great price, and yet be a gainer by the pur~ chafe, Matth. r3. 46. Thy life is not necetfary; thou mayeft: part with it for Chriit, to infiniteadvantage. Thine efieem is not nece1fary ; ·thou mayeft be re– proached for the name of Chrift, and yet happy; yea, much more happy in reproach, than in repute, 1 Ptt. 4· 4· Matt b. ) . xo; 1 x. But thy converfion is ·necelfary, thydamnation lies upon it : And is it noc needful in fo important a cafe to look about thee? llpon this one point depends thy making, or mar• ring, toall eternity. · But I fhall more particularly fhew the neceffityof .converfion in five things; for without this, I. Thy Being u·in vain. Is it not pity th<.)U fhouldfl: be good for nothing, an unprofitable bur- .den of theearth, a wart or wen in the body of the univcrfe? Thus thouart, whilft unconverted; for thou canfi not anfwer the end of thy being. Is it not for the divine pleafure thou art andwert .crea– ted ? Rev. 4· r r. Did not he 1nake thee for him– felf ? Prcv. r 6. 4· Art thou a man.. and haft thou reaf:0n? Why then bethink thy felf, why andwhence thy being is. Behold God's workmaniliip in thv body, and ask thy felf, To what end did God ra1't' this fabrick ? · Confider the noble faculties of thy heaven·born foul: To wh~t end did God bellow thefe excellencies? . ro no other, tha;I that thou D tbouldft
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