54 '!Chepoa Jano famí[ptook. . VII. And Experience will tell you, how (q) in= ftificieait you are, for either of thefe two works your }elvefi r to Renew your fouls, or to Reconcile them unto God. Will a Nature that is carnal refit and òvercoñie the Flefh and abhor the fin which it molt dearly loveth ? Will a Worldly mind overcome the World ? WhenCullom hath rooted your natural corruptions , are they eafily rooted up ? Oh how great and bard a work is it, to caufe a blind unbelieving filmier, tofet his heart on another world, and lay up all his Hopes in Heaven 1 and to cart off all the things he feeth, for that God and Glory which he never faw 1 And for a har- dened, worldly, flefhly heart, to become wife and tender, and holy, and heavenly ; and abhor the fin which it moll fondly loveth ! And what canwe do tofa- tisfie,ufice,.and Reconcile fuch a Rebel-foul to God? VIII. Nature and Experience having thus acquainted you with yourfinand mifery, and what you want, will further tell you that God (r) Bothnot yet deal with you according to your deferis. He giveth you life, and time, and mercies, when your fin had forfeited all thefe. He obligeth you to Repent and Turnunto him. And therefore experience telling you, that there is force Hope, and that God bath foundout f me way offhewing mercy to the children of Wrath, Reafon will command you to enquire of all that are fit to teach you, What woofRemedy God bath made known. And, as you (q) Pfa1.4.97,8,IS. I Cor.z.i I.Lul,e I I.zl.Heb. 4Q 12,2 Pet, I.3. r r) At1.14.27.d 17.24,27, 28. Rom. i. 29a20, Roqn.z4.;,Tob 33 .14.. to 2,5.Mat: 12.42,43. may
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