agy Falfi Signs ofGrace. SECT. III. Vie a. of Inftrul ion, How remote they are from allhopes offlvation,whogo on in a rode,' or round of the duties of religion, Without theleaff favours afeflion in rhea.! Youwhofe hearts never thought of frnne, and were troubled, of whom God cannot fay at any time as he did of Ahab, See/f thou how this man hum_ blab himfelf? You, who pray, bear, and finde no more rellifh in there things then in the white of an Egge, as lobfpeaks, Oh what a gulf is there between mercy and you, that neither mercy can come to ,you, or you to mercy l We have removed our Idols out of our glalfe windows, but there are dill too many Chriftian Idols, in our Pews and Congregations, who haveeyes and lee nor, hearts and underhand not, nor rejoyce in any thing that is good. Oh how mi- . excufable is it,that thy foul bathfound a fweetneffe, a iavourineffe in theworld, in tufts, and none in God !'what is it becaufe God is awiidernefe, and the creature a pleafantfountain? Ufe ofExhortation, To take more diligent heed to thyfelf than ever: Itmaybe thou haftno better evidences for heaven, then what the third Lindeof hearers, then what the foolifh Virgins havehad : Oh how terrible will is be, when God (hall fay to you, I looked for better things,then that joy, that forrow, that faith. I knownot how slatewe are all become frozen andverybarren ; many inchoate and impededworkings there are upon mens hearts, but few have a toed, and cho- row change wrought upon them. It's the opinion of Bergisoa before-cited, that the greater part of Chriflians are but temporaries, and it is to be feared that this opinion is too true : for if you do regard what little rooting grace bath in mens hearts, howweak their pulle beats that way, how ftrong their affeftions are to the world, and the things thereof; we Minders may fear, that the greateft pare of our feed is fown upon thorny ground. Oh therefore that this Sermon might be bleffedbyGod to make Come Embryo to become a perfef man, fome that are almoll, true beleevers, true rejoycers in good things, even altogether fuch : Oh this fluggilbneffe and lazineffe, whereby people reff contented with tome flafbesof joy and forrow, in the matters of God, will devour like a roar- ing Lion. tV2 tttittt tittttltW SERMON
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