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Oa

the

E'xcelency

of the

Soul,

3c

I

with

many

queflions,. fo

they

turn

the

phrafe

:

Now

the

Lord

take off

your

hearts from thofe

,

and give you

heats,

to

attend to

this

great

queflion

,

What

Pall

wee

do

to

bee

_raved

?

It

was

the

queflion,

you

know,

of the

Taylor

in

4tf.

16.

3o.

And

it.

concerns thole

that yet

have

not

aflis-

rance of

what condition their

fouls are in for

falvation,

tp,

ask

this

queflion fpeedily

,

and not to put it

off

till they

come

to

ficknefs

and

death,

and

then fend for Miniflers and

godly Chriflians, and

fay,

Oh

!

what

(hall

I do? howma-

ny.

upon their

lick

and death

beds that

never

minded

to

inquire

before what they

fhould

do

to

bee faved,

then

are

in

dreadful

anguitla,

<

and

then

cry

out, Ch

what

I`do?

Ch

the

diflreffed

condition

I

am in

I

I

am

afraid

my foul

is

loll for

ever,

what

(hall I

do

?

why

doll

thou

ask

it

now

?

is

this

queRion to

ask

now

when

thy foul

is

going

before the

great

and

dreadful

God

to

have

the fentence

of

its

eternal

doom to bee pail

upon

it

?

Oh

it

concerns you

betimes,

you

young ones,

as

foon

as

ever

you come

to

know

you

have

fouls,

it

concerns

you

to bee

asking

this great

.

queflion,

PI

hat

Pall

l

do, to bee

faved

?

And

wee have

an

example

of

this, of

a

young

man

that

Chrift lookt upon in

love,

becaufe bee

was

tnquifitive about

the faivation

of

his

foul;

the

Flory is

in

Matth.

19. 16.

Behold

(Me

came and

laid

unto

him,

Good

Mailer,

whatgood

thing

(hall

I

do

that

I

may

inherit eternal

life, and

verf.

20.

appears

that

this

was

a

young

man

;

The

_p sng

man

faith

unto

hjm,

411

theft

things

have

I

done.

Ch

it

were

a

comely

thing

for

young

men

to

come to Chrifl, and fay,

What

fháll

wee.

do

to

have

e-

ternat

life

?

and

it

appears,

that

hee

was

a

young

Gentle-

man,

a

man

ofegreat

po(feffions; and

hee',is

called in

the

Gofpel

by

St.

Line,

,4

Ruier

;,

force

Interpreters

think

that

-that

was

meant

:onely

in the fatuity, for

the

Jews- had

Tome

chief

in

the

family

that

did

rifle

and govern

there;

but

this

young man hee

comes

.to Chrifl, and

that

runningk ,

as

in

Mark

tm,

i.

Mark i

o.:

where

you

have

the

Flory,

ä?sd

Chrifi

loo

upon

him,

and loved

him,

as

invert.

2i.

oh

it

is

a

lovely

thing

to

fee

yoang.people:begin betimes

to

inquire

what

they

;lhoudold

Pp

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