Part.t.Cap.3. eAjfiiRed Confciencel. :~-------------- tion out.fiood; And that he will not vouc:hfafe to cafi bis eye of compafiion Uf On fuch a 13tackgmore, and Leopard,as I ::un; fo overgrowne with cmmption,and growi1e old in !inne?-.efpecially, having [o long ne;JeEled [o ,(reat falvatron, for.fa_k!;n mine owne mercy io Jong,and fo unthankfully defjijing the riches of hi111oodnej[e and forbearance, leading mee to repentance~! confdfe,it is fomething rare,to fee men gone on fo long,and growne old in !inne, to returne, and . gne way to any faving worke ofthe Minifi:ery; becauie too often in the meane time they fo harden thew hearts,that they cannot repent; yet notwithfi:anding:t. be thou aifured in the V-l ordoflife and Truth, ifnow at length thou be truly touched indeed,& wilt come in,in earndl:; the Ft1ther ofMercies will recdve thee - freely to mercy, and itnbrace thy bleeding foule in t he armes .ofhis eyerlafring lovetbrough Cht:_ift. For · it is atitle ofbigbef\:-honour unto him, to be 1onrt· fuffainc~· He all this while waited, that he miJ;ht b~e rra. 3o. :. 8. /!,ratious unto thee; And now undoubtedly upon thy firft: refolution to returne in truth, he will meet thee with infinitely more compafilonate affeCl:ionatene!le, . then the Fath~r in the Gofpell? bis Prodigal!.: who Luk -x '\\?hen h.?e -n:as a <~re at Way off, hu F ath~r fow htm, and · f ' had compaffion, andranne, vlrtdfill on hu neck.f, andkf fedhim,&c. . · 4· Yea,but faith another; Though I have beene a 4-Abundance of int• Profeifour long, yet many times my heart is full hea- perfections after · convy,and more loth to bdeeve, when I ferioufly and vcr(ion. fenfibly call to minde the hainoufneife ofmy unrege- ~1e!ate time ; and fee in my felfe befides, fince I was - 1lhghtned,andwould have behavedmy felfe in forwardne{fe and fruitfullneffefor God, anfwerably ·to my former folly,andfurioufi1eife in evill; fo many def~Cl:s and imperfeCl:ions every day: and fuch weake difi:ratl:ed difcharging of commanded duties, both ' toGodandman.Takethencounfell and comfort in Aa2 this
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