CO Pooh nano familp took. 2 S men fromRepenting and being faved, than Hoping to be faved without true Repentance : For who will ever (n) turn to God, that Rill Hopeth to be faved in the worldly ungodlyway that he is in ? who will turn back again that hopeth he isright and fafc already ? Tell me Ipray you, muff not every wife man have fome ground and reafon for his hope ? And thould a mans foul and evertafting State be ventured upon un- found and uncertain hopes ? S. No, ifwe canhave better. P. Tell me freely then, What are the grounds and Reafons of your hopes ? Heaven is not for all men. What have you to thew that will truly prove your title to it ? S. 1groundmy hopeon thegreat mercy ofGod. P. But Godsmercy favethnone but by Converfion Devils nor (o) unconverted men are not faved by ir. It is the refuting andabufingofmercy that condemneth men : The queftion is whither this mercy will fave you? S. Iplace my hope in lefus Chrift, who :le my Sa- viour. P. T fay as before : Chrift faveth not all men : What Hope have you that he will fave you more thanothers ? S. Is it notfaid that he is theSaviour of all men, and that he-is the Lamb of God, that takethaway thefins of the world ? P. That is becaufe that (p) Paving is his office for which he is all-fufficienr, and by his facrificeehe bath (n) Yam.3.4o. Ez k..3 3.9,1 1,49. 18.21,30,32. 14.6.(o) f.27. I1.2Thef iv7,8,d c. 2.10, 12. Rom. .zo,to the cn.,i.(p) 1011.3.16, 2 Cor.s.:9,20. pardoned
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