The Life of Faith. valued the offers and promifes of life ! Nov t I ndertiand what Minifiers meant tobe fo importunate with me for my converfion; and what was the caufe that they would even have kneeled to me, to have procured my return to God in time. Now I underfland that holinefs was not a needlefs thing ; that Chrifi and Grace deferved better entertainment than contempt; that precious time was worth more than to be walled idly ; that an immortal foul, and life eternal thould have been more regarded, and not cati away for fo thort, fo bale a flefhly pleafure. Now all thefe things are plain and open to my undertianding: But alas, it's now too late! I know that now to my woe and torment, which I might have known in time tomy recovery and joy. For the Lords fake, and for your fouls fake, open your eyes, and forefee the things that are even at hand, and pre- vent thefe fruitlefs lamentations. Judge but as you will aII fhortly judge, and live but as you will wífh thatyou bad lived , and I defire no more. Be ferious as ifyòu law -the things that y>u fayyou dobelieve. I know this ferious dilcourfe ofanother life, -is ufually un- grateful, to men that arc confcious of their firangeuefs to it, and taking up their portion here, arc loth to be tormentedbe- fore the time. This is not the fmoothiug pleating way. - But remember that we havefled as well as you ; which longs not to be accounted troublefome or precife : which loves not tó difpleafe or be difpleafed x And had we no higher light and life, we thould talk as men that law and felt no more than fight and fleth can reach : But when we are preaching and dy- ing, andyou are hearing and dying, and we believe andknow, that you arc now going tofee the things we £peak of, and death will firaightway draw afidc the veil, and thew you the great amazing tight, it's time for no to (peak, andyou to bear, with all oar hearts. It's time for us tobe ferious, whenwe are fo near the place where all are ferious. There are none that are in jell in Heavenor Hell : pardon us therefore if we jell not at the door, and in the way to fuch a ferious fiat:. All that fee andfeel are ferious and therefore all that truly believe, muft be fo too. Wcréyour eyes all opened this hour to fee what we believe, we appeal to your own confciences, whether it
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