TO A SOUND CON VERSION. 377 are at your service; he has given you a righteous, perfect law. When you had broken it, and undone yourselves, he had pity on you, and sent his Son, by a miracle of condescending mercy, to die for you, and be a sacrifice for your sins, and he was in Christ recon- ciling the world unto himself. The Lord Jesus has made you a deed of gift of himself, and eternal life with him, on condition you will but accept of it, and return. He has on this reasonable condition offered you the free pardon of all your sins; he has written this in his word, and sealed it by his Spirit, and sent it you by his ministers: they have made the offer to you a hundred, and a hundred times, and called you to accept it, and turn to God. They have in his name entreated you, and reasoned the case with you, and answered all your frivolous. objections. He has long waited on you, and staid, your leisure, and suffer- ed you to abuse him to his face: He has mercifully sustained you in the midst of your sins : he has com- passed you about with all sorts of, mercies ; he has also intermixed afflictions to remind you of your folly, and call you to your senses: and his Spirit has been often striving with your hearts, and saying, `° Turn, sinner turn to him that calls thee? whither art thou going? What art thou doing ? Dost thou , know what will be the end? How long wilt thou hate thy friends, and love thine enemies? When wilt thou let go all, and turn, and deliver up thyself to God, and give thy Redeemer the posession of thy soul ? When shall it once be ?" These pleadings have been used with thee. And when 'thou hast delayed, thou hast been urged to make haste, and God has called to thee, Today, while it is called to -day, harden not your heart : Why not now, without any more delay ? Life has been set before you, the joys of heaven have been opened to you in the gospel; the certainty of them has been manifested; the certainty of the ever- lasting torments of the damned has been declared to you. Unless you would have had a sight of heaven and hell, ,what could you have desired more ? Christ 12 3B
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