S4 The Marks of theVnconverted: God above all other things, or not ? Come, put it to an iffue. · - How long fhallthis foul ·live at l:l-ncertainties ?· o Confcien~e, bripg·in thy verdict. Is this n~an a ne\¥ man, or ts he not ? How d_oft thou find 1t ? Bath ther~ paffedathrough andmightychangeupon him,. or not? When was rl).e time~ where was the place, or what was the means by which this thorough change of the new birth was wrought in his foul ? Speak, Confcience:. Or if thou canfi not tell time and place). canft:_th~u .il).ew Scripture- evidence, that the work ts done? Hath themanbeen ever take;1off fr0!11 his falfe botfqip)Lfrog1. th<r falfe hopes-~ arid f.alie peace, wheretnop~e he trufi.ed? Hat-la he been deeply convinced-of fin,' and' of his.lbft ana ,und'One condition, and brought out ofhimfeif, andolffront. his Hns, to give ·up himfelf entirely to Jefus Chrifi? Or doft thou not find him.to this day under-the. powerofignonince,; or, in the mire of profanenefs? Bait thou. not takeri upon ~im. the_gain~ of ~nrigh-: teoufnefs? DoiJ not th9u. find htm ·a firanger to 1 prayer, a .negleeter of.the word, a lover of this pre· tent: \vorld? Doifnot t.hou.oftencatcli. him.inalye? Doft not thou find his heart fermented withmalice, . or bux:ning with lufl:, or going after his covetouf– nefs? Speakplainly to all the fore-mentioned par– ticulars : CanH: thou acqui~ this rnan, th!s W;oJJ:?.an, from. being any ofshe iwo. and t\ven~y forts hsr~, defcnbed? If he beJound·Wtthanyof tnem, fet hun ~fide, hisportion is not with the ~aints: . He111ufl: ~e. converted.) 2,nd made a new creature, or. elfe ~e can-– not enter into the kingdom of God.: Be1ov.ed, Be not your.own b~traye.rs, ·do not de-. · ceive your own hearts ; nor fet your hands to ~ypur ov.rn ruin, by a wilful blinding-of you~ !elves_. ~et-upa Trib~nal inyour. o~~~re.a!ls _! Bqng the wor~ ~;d ccnfc!enc.e together;: · .~.r~ tbe law,._and to. the tefiz- . · - • ·. ' 1Jp(Jn't1 11 • I e . ~ - _}' . ...
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