96 A CALL TO yourselves. And if men will damn themselves to please themselves, and run into endless torments for delight, and have not the wit, the hearts, the grace, to hearken to God or man that would reclaim them, ~vhat remedy but they must take what they get by It, and repent it in another manner, when it is too late? Before I proceed any further in the application, I shall come to the next doctrine, which gives me a fuller ground for it. DocTRINE 5. So earnest is God for the conversion of sinners, that he doubleth his commands and exhortations, with vehemency-Turn ye, turn ye, why will you die? . This doctrine is the application of the former, as by a use of exhortation, and accordingly I shall handle it. Is there ever an unconverted sinner that heareth these vehement words of God? Is there ever a man or woman in this assembly that is yet a stranger to the renewino- sanctifying work of the Holy Ghost? It is a happy assembly, if it be not so with the most. Hearken then to the voice of your Maker, and turn to him by Christ without delay. Would you know the will of God? Why this is his will, that you presently turn. Shall the living God send so earnest a message to his creatures, and shouldthey not obey? 2. Hearken then, all you that live after the flesh: the Lord that gave thee thy - breath and being, bath sent a message to thee fi-om heaven· and this is his message, Turn ye, tw·n ye, why will ye die7-He that hath ears to hear, let him hear. Shall the voice of the eternal Majesty be neglected? If he do but terribly thunder, thou art afraid. 0 but this voice doth more nearly concern thee. If he did but tell thee thou shalt die to-morrow, thou wouldst not make light of it 0 but this word concerneth thy life or death everlasting. It is both a command and an exhortation; As if he had ·said to thee, " I ch~uge thee upon the allegiance that
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