Evangelical Repentance. 2/9 And Secondly, That the appropinguation, or drawing neer ofthe Kingdom ofHeaven, is the highefi, andgreatefi argu- ment, andmotive in the world unto true repentance. The Kingdom ofHeaven, (1 fay) the Kingdem,ofGrace,Mel*- cy, andFree-rerniffion offin, does approach to us, before we draw neer to it. Repent, turn ye ; for the kingdom of Heaven bath approached, or it hath come to yon, and therefore do youtorne to it. Thus it lies in the words: And thisyou will findit all- a-long. Thus Godha.th promifed: Thus ,Chrift hath parabled Thus Godfulfilled. Thus God bath protnifed. Thou filair: hear a voice be- hind thee : What voice is that ? but the voice of Mercy, and the voice ofgrace, and of free-remffion. Thou palshear a voice behind thee: When thou art going away fromGod, andwhen thou haft thy back-upon God 5 thou (halt hear a voice ofmercy behind-thee; it- fhall fol- low after thee before thou doff cometo it. And thusye have a deerparable for its which you may reade, fully fpeaking this truth; in Luke-I4. 16,17,18. and foon, A certainmanmadeagreat fupper,' and badeutany; And fent. his fervant at Stepper-time; tofay to-them that were bidden, Come, for all things arenow ready. And they all with one con-, fent began to make exenfes : So that the Servant came (at the 2 1 . verf.) andfbewed his Lord thefe things. Then the Mafier of the, boufe, being angry, faid to his Servant, Go quickly into the Streets and Lanes of the City, andbring inhither the poor, and the maimed, and the bait, andtheRind. (Mark) here are in- vitations ofmercy fent out to thofe that never thought of it. And the Servantfaid,lord, it is done as thou haft comman- ded, andyet there is room. Andtbe Lordfaid unto the Servant again (at the 2 3 . verf.) Go out into the high-wayes , and-hedges,; and compel them to come in, that my bottle may befilled., See L pray, how the kingdom -ofGrace, and Mercy, andFree - ) retniffion. Urfa. 30. 2 L.
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