The Nece!Jity of ConverjiotJ: Chrift, than the whole by the Phyfician, Matth. "9: I 2,. He .prizeth not his balm, values not his cur~, tramples uponhisblood, Heb. I o. :z. 9· Now, W-ou~d it ftand with wifdom, to force pardon and life upbn them that would give him no thanks for them?Will the all-wife God (when he hath forbidaen us to do it) throw his holy things to l;)ogs , and his pearls to Swine, tHat would ·(as it were) .but turn again, and rend him, Matt b. 7. o. This would make mercy to be 'defpifed indeed. Wifdom requires, that life be given in a wayJuitable to God'shonour, and that God prov1defor the fecuring his ow.nglo– Jry, as ~vell as man's felicity. It would bediibonour– able toGod, to fet his jewels on the fnotitsofSwine, (continuing fuch) and to befiow his choiceft riches on them, that have more pleafure in their fwill, than the heavenly delights that he cloth offer. God .fbould lofe the praife "'lnd glory of his grace, if he :fhould caft it awayon them that werenot only 1ln– ·'vorthy, but un\villing. Secondly, Theyare noway fuited to them. The Divine w·ifdom· is feen in fHiting things each to other, the means to the end, · theobjeCt to the faculty, the quality of the gift ~o the capacity of the receiver. Nov;, if Chrifr .lliQ.uld bring the unregenerate Hnn~r to heaven, he could take no more felicity there, than aheaft, ifyou fhould b~ing hirn into a beautiful roon1, to the fociety.of learned men, and a well.furnitbed ·table; whenas the poor thing had much rather be grazing with his fello\v-bru tes. · Alas ! vVhat lliould an unfanctified creature do in heaven! l-Ie couid take no content there, becaufe nothing fuits him. / The place doth not fuit hirn; he \vould be but Pi[cis in ati~o, quite out of his element; as a Swine in the parlour, or a fitb cut of water. The cornpany doth not fuit him: Vvhat coinmunion hath darknefs with light? Cor.. r.uption with oei·feeti(Jn ? Filth · and rottenn~(s • 4 . .. ~~ Wh!4 "
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