250 Evangelical EVAMCC4 worthy to be called thy Son : make_me axone ofthy hired fervants : (in the t5. Chapter, the 18. and 19. verfes) verfe the 20. He arofe and came to his father : his father faw him, and rananctfell on hisneck, and kifFt him, had compaffion on him : ran, and fell on his neck, and kiff't him : And the fon raid untohim, Father : (Now fee whether he makes good his words, that he laid he would fay when he came, tohis father) I have finned againfl Heaven, and in thy fight, and am no more worthy to, he called thy Son : But his Fatima. laid tohis fervants, Bring forth the heft robe : He leaves out that, Make me as one of thy hired fervants. One kiffe from his father had fyled offall the mercinarydirporition. Oh ! much, much, of the Legal-work is to be taken away : - In Evangelical Repentance,there is much in little : inLegal Repentance there is little inmuch. 6. Again, It's one thingfor grief; forrow, Repentance to be more in view,fince, and noife : and another thing tobe more in fbirit, and in profit. As now forExample : The rain does forme-, time fall in a ftorme, andwhen it does fo, it makesa great: noife : the earth hath not time for to take it at the firft in- to it's bofome; it runsdawn the fireees in great abandance, and-it Rands in Come places, in great plafhes ofwater : At another time the rain fals b7 fmal drops, and makes no fuch noire; but yet notwithftanding, it fib to the root of the Corn, andprofits more : for when the rain fals loin a form, itlaies the Corn,; the Corn (I fay) is laid by it. So now, forrow, and griefe fometimes fals in a form, as in Legal Repentance; and it-is great inview, ftands in great plalhesofwater : Olv! but then it doth lay our Duties, it Tales our Affurance, Males our Faith: Evangelical Repen- tance, that makes no filch noire, but it fals to the root of the graces, and don't lay your comfort, it don't lay your Affurance, it don't lay your Duties.. And fo it is more in profit. Laftly, ThisySorrow3grief, andRepentance; may take_ ones own heart much, or the heart ofGod much : ones ownheart may bematchcfeUed a or the heart-ofGodmay be much affetied,: &-
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