The Neceffity ofConverfion: flz · fins; his moft pure and fl:rict hol~nefs ~o?ld be ex– ceedingly defaced. Theunfanchfi_ed 1s, 1J?. the eye~. of God'sholinefs, worfe than a fw1ne or v1per, !Kfat. -· :l.l· 33· :t Pet. 2.. 2.1.. Now, what cleanly nature could endure to have the filthy fwine bed and board with him, in his parlour, or bed~ chamber? It would offer the extreameft violence to the,infinite purity of the divinenature, tohave fuch to-dwell withhim. They cannot ffand inhis judgment-, they ~annot abide in his prefence, Pfal. r. r·~ and r. 4, r. If holy David would uot endare fuch -in his houfe, no nor in his fight, P[a·t. t~r. 3, 7· fhall we think God will? Should he take men as they be, -from the trough, to the table;· from the harlot's lips, from the fty and dra~ to theglory of heaven, the world would think– God were at no fuch a diftance from fin, nor had fuch diilike of it, as we are told he hath: ·They would conclude, God were altogether fuch a one as themfelves, (as they wickedly did, butfrom the ve– ry forh>tar-ance ofGod, P[al. ro. 2-h) 3· To his ve-· racity :· For God hath dedared fromheaven, Tbat if A-nJ /hall jay, be jhall.bave peace,. though he foould go o.n in the imaginttionof his heart: · his wrq,th /hall fmoak a– gainfl_ that man, Deut. 19. r9, 20. That they (only) that c.onfefs and forfak.e their fins, ./hallfind mercy, Prov; 2. S. 1-3. That they that fhatl e·nter in!o bi1 hill, muff be of cleanbands, and·a purg heart, Pial. 2.4. 3, 4· Where were God's truth, if notwithftanding all this,: he– fb:>uld bring inen to falvation without converfion? 0 defper-ate £nner, that dareft to hope that·Chriff ·will put the lye upon his Father, and nulhfie his \Vord, to fave thee! 4· To hi1 1:r~ijdom : Foi. this were to throw -away the choicefi: n1ercies on then1 that wouldn~t value them, nor were any way fuit· ed to them. Ftrft,- They wouldnot value thenJ. The unfantlified_finner puts but little price upol} God ·s . ~r.eat fal.Yatlo.n>- ~ l~attb.. 'Z.:. . 5· H~ fets 1)0 n}or_e by _Chrift
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