.Anfiver to the plea, I doe what I cam. 337 how fweetly might you fleep and lye down to the evening when you have kept fuch a watch over your own hearts ; And though" you have many weaknetfes and faylings you might comfort your felves in this, that your hearts have been right.; Many never mind God at all in their lives, now do you what you' can when you never think of God, and therefore they rut this off and fay, what can we do without the grace of God? But know for this, that God doch give thee fonie common grace, which would enable thee to do more then thou doeít, but thou dolt not put forth that flrength which you might do by the power ofcommon grace : Take heed of this plea, left God take you at advantage. Secondly, Suppofe God should take you at your word, 'at this advantage, and fay, finner, dare you venter your eternal( ellate upon this plea, you fay you do what you can, and you know nothing more but that you would doe, did you know it, be it to, you than be tryed by this plea, that you do what you can, if I aria not able to convince you, you might doe more, then I will yeeld to you that you have done what you can, but if you have not done what you can, you Phan mifcarry, your eternal' eltates (hall becaft upon this plea a Dare you (bud to fuch a plea as this in time of fickneffe ? You finde you could have done more then you havedone, and you cry our, I might have done more then I have done, I might have had more communion with Go i, more acquaintance with the Saints : Now that which a mans confcience in fickneffe tells him, he might have done in health, that he may do, for rick- neff cloth-not infufe any power into man to act, but it airs up mens parts, and convinces them what they were able to doe: when tren corn to tick and dying beds, then they fee they might have done more for God, and been more holy then they were in the time of their healths. Thirdly, For the convincing of thee, that thou dot' not do what thou cant', what doeft thou think that a damned foule in hell would doe if God ( hould bid him goe and improve :his time, and according to it's improvement of fuch a flipend of time, it should eitherg.o to hell ar;a-ine-or cone to heaven, X do
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