304 What fhaIl they de that are on able Serra.z2.. conclude it to be bad ; thou wilt go chore iadly to He.ven, and wtic be unthankful to Eby God, and keep the glory from him, and the comfort from thy Pelf. Thou art indited, oh my foul : arraigned and found guil- ty,that thou haft finned again(} the Lord,the quef }ion is, Whether thoù haft repented and art pardoned? I charge thee Therefore, oh m foul ! that thou freak truly,and anfwer rightly to thefe demands. y Art thou fo far convinced of fin, of the vilenefs of its own Nature, the evil in it, the evil after it, that thou art weary of it; thou groanett under it,thou loathe + it, and arc unfeignedly willing ro be broken from every fin , without any referve ? and what thou can(. nor extirpate, that thou wilt bewail ? Arc thou fo far convinced of chine own infuf_ ficiency to help thy fell, that all thy tears cannot wafh thee, and make thee clean, all thy duties cannot fave thee, that though thou claret not neglect them as means, yet thou dareft not rely upon them as a Savi- our ; fo that thou feeft the neceffiry of a Chrift ; the fuicablenefs of Chrift? the fuftïciency'and willingnefs of Chriii, offering himfelf un- to thee in the Golpe!, calling to thee, crying after thee, Paying, ah thou poor, miferable, forlorn finnan , t hou haft undone thy felf,wilc thou now be cured ? thou haft wounded thy fell, wilt thou let me apply a plainer of my blood, my healing, pacifying blood, to thy bleeding foul, to thy dittreifed,di :fquieted Confcience? all that I expect from thee,is to take me for thy Lord and Husband, to rule, govern, fanctifie,and fave thee, thou haft withflood thine own mercy, I have often asked thee,and thou haft often denied me, but yet if now thou wilt receive me, behold I bring pardon along with me, and peace along with me , and eternal life, and every good thing along with me; yet mercy is not gone, it is nor yet denied to thee.When thou maya gather fuch things from the Word of Chria, put the quettion to Thy fell, what fayea thou, oh my foul, thou hearefl the gracious words of the Lord Jefus, he commands thee to come, he inviteth thee to come, he prornifeth thee acceptance if thou come, art thou willing, or arc thou nor ? wilt thou perfevere in thy former denial, and be damned , or wilt thou yield , and be faved ? wilt thou confent to take him for thy husband , and fubfcribe unto his terms r cloth thy judgement value him above all ? and thy will chufe hi in above all ? and thy affeóions go out after him above all things in the world ? asa woman doch in all thofe three refpects,when hie taketh a man to be her husband. Art thou fo far convinced of the excellency of the everlaaing Glory of the Saints, and the perfection of that happinefs that is above , as it ais a flatc of perfe61 Holiaefs, as well as a flare of real Happincfa , that thou,
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