SECT, IX. of Can4Yerfou,et Tanningnntd God. 4 .tt6 ,ft...R.$Ft4 :. .+. 6*-+. . ...[. .. SERMON LXVII. DiTers Propolitions or Conliderations introdu:7ory to theDo,rane of Conwrfon® E z E a. 33. It. Say unto them, Ac I live, faith the Lord God, I have no pkafìere in the deathof the wicked, but that hewn from hisway : Turn ye, earn ye fromyourevill ways. THis Text bath informed us howunpleafing the death of a wickedman it eó God. We now proceed to the inference made from that propotition,Thera- fore eke wicI¿edJhould taro from ¿os evili Mayer. Tares ye, crasis ye, The itigb. minationdenoteth the vehementaffection and delireof God, as alto our flup day and love to our fins, when once calling will wenot awaken, but we mutt over and over again becalled upon. I am thereforenoweo treat on that famous and necef- fary work, convection or turning from thine. As Satan and the Angel did once Reiveabout Wes hisbody, So now the great concroverfie between God and his Angels, and theDevil and Idainllrumenrs, isabout a wicked man, whether he fhall ail be kept in the bonds or chains of frnne, or whether he (hall be loosened from them, and let free to walk in Gods Commandemencs. Ishall, betaufe of the ufefulneff of this point, handle it doéìrinally, and practically. And the foundation upon which we will build our dioxide (hall be this Doctrine, via. That converßoi or turning, from our eta Wayst, it seclarity retuired ZTsthi to an happy and eteriaiZl fe, TheText hath chis in the affirmativeand thecontrary, Let the wicked man turn, that he may live. Turnye, WI *4 ye dye ? See how life is the necetfary confrquent of Convection, and death the fruit of neglecting it. Lifeand death are thegreat Arguments in the world. What will not a man give for life? and death isthe Kingof terrors. Wenie to fay, fach a mania to ear. nett andbufne in that matter, as if lifeand death depended on it, To be fare, filch ought your cares,prayers,and endeavors to be about the avoidingof lìn,and cleaving to that which is good ; for liteand deathare in thefe things. Oh that men by faith and an effe/uaI Meditation wouldapply thele things mord. For Introduction into chis matter, confider force particulars. Fait, '7hat thephrafeis theText, Tohecoiverted or turn5ùr feiert, idameta. orto atn from theoutward cohiderattia lZ. fr ward firiatwnorpafrtiou of lradiet, and is applred /árnétiméa eonGderaúóäa; to thugs, fometimestoperfoas, To7 kings ; foGod is faid to turn joy into laugh- a. ter, andto turnthe captivita, of Sion: unto Perfuss, and fometimesitìsappl f ed to God, whenof angryhe becomes loving and propitious unto men, when they leave their lofts, and turn to him, both arecomprized in thisText : Tarn iaito Met w,rdl will tarnunto you. Turn untome by an holy change, and T will turn to you byagraciouvchange ,thoughallthechange bein man, not God. The Texts of Scripture which cothmand and commend this convertionare fomany,tlüt it if legit g
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