252 Evangelical Repentance. poor foul, thou maieft hearthat voice,and thole words too loon another day : But this Ifay, Friend, the greateft mo- tive under Heaven hath been ufed tomove, and turn thee ; and yet thouart nothingmoved, and ftirred therewith : whereby (hall thy foul be brought untoRepentance ? Go faies our Saviour Chrift unto his Difciples) preach, Be- pent for the Kingdom ofHeaven is at band: if they receive ye, your.peace beupon them: ifnot, it [hall be more eajtefor Sodom and Gomorah, than for that City, than for that people, at that great day. Oh for the Lordsfake,take heedwhen ye hear the Wordof the Kingdom,take heed that ye don't lofeit : Re- pent, and then turn to God. Vfe. 2. But if thefe thingsbe fo (in theSecond place) Thenhere we fee the reafon, why our hearts are no morebroken, are nomore humbled, no more Repentance, no more melting, heart no more foftenecl : becaufe ye don't labour tobring the Kingdomof Heaven neer unto your fouls : Imean the Gofpel,and the Word of the Gcfpel ; free-rerniffionofpoor Inners : When the KingdontofHeaven comes neer unto a perfon, he runs away from it , from the Promife Oh ! it ,belongsnot to me ; I am not foand folualified : I amnot fo and fobroken ; I am not fo and fo weary, and heavy la- den ; and therefore the promifebelongs not tome. But the approaching of theKingdom, of Heaven, is the only meansand motive tobreak thy heart, and wilt not thou .,therefore come to it, becaufe thy heart isnot broken ? Oh ! but thePromife don't belong to me : the Promife is madeunto thole that are weary, and heavyladen, and I amnot fo. Nliftake not good people, The invitation is made to the weary, anirheavy laden , but the promife is made to Co- ming. Thereare Two things in that fpeech : Come unto me all ye that are weary, and heavy laden. Here's an Invita- tion : and here's a Promife : The Invitation is made in- deed to thole that are weary, and heavy laden : Oh ! but the Promife is made to Coming, the Promife is made to Comming. But
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