24 VePon; Mang; Pmiïp 113od. (I) Hope is pall andgone : we had once hope of mercy , eat we refejid it, and now there is no hope. This thought, that there is no more Hope , will tear the ¡inners heart for ever. This is the State that I would -keep you from : And do I not thenfeek to keep you fromdeJair ? Suppofeyou met a man riding poft toward Tork, and thinketh verilyheis in the way to London, and tells You I ride for life, and muff be at London at night : You tell him that he muff turnback again then ; for he is going the quite contrary way, and the further he goeth the further he bath to go back again : tig an- fwereth you, Alas, I hope I have not loft all this time and travail ; I hope "I may come this way to London . Will not you tell him that his hopes will deceive him ; ,there isno hopeof coming to London that way, but he 'mull needs turn back ? And if be anfwer you , Tog woulddrive me to deßair ; Iwill hope well andgo on; What would you fay to this man ? Wouldyou not take him for a fool ? and tell him, If you will not believe nie,ask force body elfe, anti know better before you go on any further. So fay I to you, Ifyou are out of the way to Heaven, you tpiuft del-pair of ever coming thither (n,) till you tsars ; but that is not CO depir of çonverfon and falva Lion, but defpair of being Paved in the Devils way, that yot'i 't;riaY be'favëd inGods way and not defpair for evermore. (''anging falfehopes for foùrrd hopes, is not Ao cafl .i aya iglpe. There is nothing more hindereth (l) 'Tab ó. I 2)I4.t,i I I. 20. 6' 27.g Prav. 11.7 . ;1 32.Ifa 37.:Q. Pei vl.3;2 , tT' 3.15.I Yoh-3- 3. (rn) mq?
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