Evangeliccil Repentance. 255 proath't in that fenfe ! Take the Kingdomof Heaven for the State of the Church : and how many Church-truths hath broken out in thefe dales, that were not known be- fore? Take the Kingdom of heaven for the C ofpel ; and the preachingofthe C7ofPel : how hathCod gone up and down in theft latter times, even in thefe times of trouble, preaching free-grace to poor England ? Nv itnefs all thefe Viaories ye have had, notwithhanding all your fins. Oh ! England, England ; now Repent, and turn unto the Lord : Surely, ifever, the Kingdom ofheaven is come to you : yea, hath not theKingdomof Heaven approach't un- to manyof your fouls in particular ? are there not fame here, great hinters, that have been invited to mercy ? are there not fume here, great iinners, that have received mer- cy hath the Kingdom of Heaven approach't unto you ? and will not you Repent ? and will not you turn to God ? and will not you amend your lives? You will lay, This work is not now to do : we have Re- pented already. But praygive= leave : Have ye, haveye Repented up- on Gorpel-Motives? have ye Repented upon this ground, becaufe the Kingdom of Heaven bath approach't ? Oh ! howmany legal Profeffors are there among Profeffors? As thereare Two forts ofmen in the world.; Some that live in dark places, and prifons : And others that walk up and down in the light. So, forme there are among Profeffors, form legal, that walk up and down in the dark, and fee no light : Othersagain, that walkup and down in the light ofthe Gofpel : many, many legal ProfeffOrs. Beloved, The more Evangeli cal your Repentance is, the more it will cure your fouls, andnor hurt your body : Legal Repentance foakes into the body, and frets out the very ftrength ofones body. Pray look a little into the 33 Chapter of job; Seewhat the holy Choft faies there, God fteakr once, yea troice,jet manperceives it not (here's tnan in hisnatural, pure natural hate) In a dream (at the t veldt) in a vifion ofthe night when deepflapfailed) npon men, in Ont. P p bring arasprniimias*umweteearIO
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