._...- .,....._..SAM.- Gofel-Couverf6ctiox. 37 this condition, Iwill repent before I die ; that is, as if I thould fay thus, Here I give my foul to pawn, ifI do repent, then I'le have it again, ifI do not repent before I die, then it's gone for ever. As when you give a pawn, you give it uponthefe terms, Well, Igive you this, and ifI bring youby fuch a time fo much money, then I'le have it again, and if not, then 'tis gone. So do men and women, they fay thus, Here Devil, thou fink have the poffelfìon of my foul all this while fo long as I am in a way of tin, if I do repent, then I mull have it again, but ifI do not re- pent before I die,then thou (halt have it for ever. Now doll thou know the price ofa foul ? Oh 1 is this to fhew the high price of a foul, that will pawn your fouls thus ? And mark towhore you pawn it, you pawn it to the Devil, he bath it all this time, it's in his cuflody : all the while that any one fins upon hope ofre- pentance,(I fay) till they repent the Devil hath their fouls in his poffeífi.on, in is hands : as when you pawn a piece of houfhald- fluff, till the time that youbring the mony, fo long the manyou pawn it to bath the pof%tlìonof it. And thus do people ; you put your fouls into the Devils hands, and upon fuch a condi- tion that you arenot able to perform ; that is% ifyou repent, youwill have it again, ifnot, he mull have it for ever : Oh friends, you little know what repentance means :' What is it to repent ? it requires a mighty work of God, the famepower of God that made the world is required to break the heart of a !inner, fo that you put it to pawn upon that that is impoffible foryou your felves to perform byall the powerthat you have : Now ifa man puta thing to pawn for that which is impo(fible for him to redeem, it may be, ifhe Mould have a great many . friends that will do force _great matter for him, thenbe may redeem it, but it is beyond his power; you will fay, there is a great deal ofdanger then that that pawn (hall never be redee- med. So know, when youpawn your fouls, you put it into the hands of Satan, and lock it up in the powers of da.rknelfe, and pawn it for that that you haveno power to bring; Do you prize the Gofpel ? and know what a price God bath let upon fouls ? O then take heed and let a greater' prife upon your fouls than to pawn them away for every trifle, a thingof naught. And then, If this be held forth in the Gofpel, o theca do not polltite
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