FIFTY REASONS, &c. &c. &c. " To -day, if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts." T. CONSIDER to whom it is that you are com- manded to turn : and then tell me whether there can be any reason for delay. It is not to an empty deceitful creature, but to the faithful all suffi- cient God : to him that is the cause of all things ; the strength of the creation ; the joy of angels; the felicity of the saints; the sun add shield of all the righteous; and refuge of the distressed ; and the glory of the whole world. Of such power, that his word can take down the sun from the firmament, and turn the earth and all things into nothing; for he doth more in giving them their being and continuance. Of such wisdom, that was never guilty of mistake ; and therefore will not mislead you, nor draw you to any thing that is not for the best. 'Of such goodness, as that evil cannot stand in his sight : and nothing but your evil could make him displeased with you ; and it is from nothing but evil that he calleth you to turn. It is not to a malicious enemy, that would do you a mischief, but it is to a gracious God, that is love itself: not to implacable justice, but to a 'recon- ciled Father ;,not to revenging indignation, but to the embracement of those arms, and the mercy of that compassionate Lord, that is enough to melt the hardest heart, when you find yourself, as the poor returning prodigal, (Luke xxv. 20' in his bosom, when you de= served to have hOin under his feet. And will the -great
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