( )4") •fave~ without Holi~efs~ is ro. fee w·ithout eyes: and to live with- .out hfe: And who ts fo foohf11 as to hope for this ? Few of you are fo unreafonable as to hope for a crop at harve!t without plowing or fowing; or for a houfe without building'. or for firength without e~tingand drinking; or to 11eepand pl~y when you have no.thing _to n:taintain your families, and fay, Yo~hope -that God wtl! mamtam both you and them.. And yet this were a far wifer kind of b(}pe) then to -hop~ to be f:wed without the One thing neceffary to fal,-ation; and without a heart that is fet upon it , and a life that is imployed for it. It is the Holy Ghofi that Ealleth yoti to anfwer the queflion,Heb.2.3. How foal/We efcapeif ,.,e ne.. ~IeEl fr; grut[alva.rjon? Ifyou know how,then enter the lifis with God, and difpme the cafe with him : How will you efcape, if you be negled:ers of the Only 'Way that he bath provided for your efcape ? Is there any deyice .or fuift ef wit , that can pro.. cure your efcape? Is there any power or interefi of men or An– gels tbat can procure your efcape ?How can that be dose, that God bath rcfolved fhall not be? · I befeech you now, beloved Hearers, to remember this urgent motive ofNeceJ!ity, and ufe it when you are tempted to delay or trifle abQut the buGnefs of your falvation , as if it were fome indifferent needlefs tbing. Without worldly Riches you may be rich in faith : Without worldly honours, you may have the ho.– nour of being the fons of God : and without worldly pleafures ., .or health, or life, you may have the favour of God ami Life eter- . nal : But without the One thing needful, you have nothing that is durably or fatisfactorily good , but are undone for ever. With-– out the thinbs of the world , you will live in want for a little while, and then you will be equal to the greatefi Prince-s : But without thuOne thing , you mufi liv~ in endlefs woe and mifery, and be far worfe ·rhen the bafefl: prifoner in t·be Dungeon, or than the roades and vermine that lie in the undeanefi holes or finks of the earth. And yet dare you delay another day before you make fo Neceffary a change ? You have hearrs of Hone, if your Own NecejJity thus urged upon yemr C?n~deration ~ill not :awake you. If your hearts were not dead W1tbtn you, whtle you ltear thefe things, one would think [Hth a Necejfity fuould make you feel, and refolve upon a fpeedy change, and_ma~eyou.fiir in the diligent performance. Can you g? on in fecumy,m negligence -~~~ ~£E~~!!~~f~ •~!~~~ yo~ ~~2£ 2!_y~~~ :J:lecej]ity, !hat ~~ft .. '
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