Part r. Chap. 8. .AffliEiea Confde~~&er. · 241 ~ alfo utterly difclaime all right and intere£1:. And t~erfore they are now finally, and defperatel}r refolved to looke for no mercy : But in tl,1eir own judgment, and by their own confeffion, fiand reprobates from Gods covenant, and \'old of all hope of His inheritance, expecting with unfpeakeable terrour and a· mazement of fpirit, the confumrnation of their mife· · ry, and fearefullfentence of eternal.l damnation. They are commonly fuch, o as have l;leen grofle Hypocrites o Out of the rurfed like J11das, and lien in fome lecret abomination againfi: Nnrce1 y of fuchforts the knowledge of their hearts, all their life long; offinners astbefcG9d that have followed fiill their owne fenfuall wayes, doth now & then fin~ r: f h . ld . n h 1. h f h .. gl,eoutfome,and hang and courxe ? t e. wor agamu. t ~ tg ~ o t e !"ltnl- them up as it were in firy, fiandtng like an armed man 10 thetr confctences chaines as wofull SpetQ tlle contrary; who have been Scorners and Per- Clades ofdefpaire,for fecutors of the power of godline!fe, and' the good warning to others· ~ay; who have abjUi ed the Gofpell of Iefus Chrifi, and forfaken the Truth for honour, wealth, or worldly rappindfe: To whom the L 0 R. D in their life-time vouchfafed many mercies, much profperi· ty, great meanes of falvation, long forbearance, &c. And yet they flood out fiill, they fiill hated to be re· ' ' formed, fet n.t naughtall Hucounfo/1, andwould 14one (Jf Hit reproofe. Wherefore the.Day of gracious vifitation being once expired, a thoufand worlds wm not purchafe it againe ; Heaven an4 Earth cannot recall it, No mercy, no comfort, no bleffing can then be had, tho they 1eeke it with teares and yelling. They fual never more be heard,though with much violence they throw their fcrikings into the Aire, they cry with fighes and groanes, as piercing as a fword. Not, but that the s;ates 6f Heav~n, a~d armes of mercy may l.l:and wtde open, unttll their lal.l:: breath : But alas ! They hayc: already fo hardened their hearts, that they cannot repent. ~~~er thint hardneffe, faith Roro. :.. r. Pan!, and lmt~t, that cannot repent,_ . They now but . howlc upon thet,r Beds, they doe not cry unto God With · · ~ 1 · their
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