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Go_Biel

Remi

f

siora.

to;

that

is

abufed

by many people

;

for

I

fuppofe

that

I am

fpeaking

to

a

great

many

very ignorant

in

the ways

of God,

and

there-

fore I defire

to

fpeak

plainly unto

you, there

is

one

place

though

mifapprehended

and

miftaken,

that

is

the

main

prop of many

carnal

hearts,

as

it

is

read

in

fo

me

Books

;

At

what

time

foever

a

fanner

repents,

&c.

I

know no fuch

Text of

Scripture

;

it

is

true,

there

are Scriptures tending

that way that do not limit the

time

;

but no

Scripture

does

exprefs

it

fo

:

many

people

run

away with

that

expreffion,

as

if

it

were

fo

there

is

no

Text

of

Scripture bath

thofe

words

;

there

is

one

Text of

Scripture

this

is

taken out of, but

that

is

fpoken

to another

end,

and

there-

fore you had

need

to

examine

what

is

fpoken, 'tis

Ezell;

18.

2

r...

this

comes

the neareft to

thofe

words, mark

this

Scripture,

and

fee

what you

can have

from

thence to

defer the

feeking

of

Gods

pardoning mercy

and

grace

till ficknefs

and death

But

if

the

wicked

Pall

turn

from

all

his

fins

that

he loath

committed,

and

keep

all

my

Statutes, and

do

that

which

is

lawful

and

right,

he

fhall

furely live,

he

(hall

not

die

;

here

this Scripture does

not li-

mit

a

time, though it

Pays

not,

At

what

time foever

;

it

Pays

if

he

turn

from

all

his

fins,

and

keep

all

my

Statutes,

and

do

that that

as

lawful and

right

;

fo

that

this

Scripture

promifes

mercy to one

that turns from

all his fins, and

will

keep

all

Gods

Statutes, and

.

fo

do all

that

is

lawful and

right

:

But

now,

if

you put

it

off

to

the time

of

ficknefs and

death

How

can

you

all this

?

Turn

.

from

all

fin

and

keep

all

Gods

Statutes then,

or,

How

.can

you

do

that

is

lawful and

right

then?

it

muff

be

then

when you

Can

keep

all

Gods

Statutes,

as

well

as

turn from

all

your

fins

;

fo

that

if

you

take

all

together, there

is

not

fo

much

incouragement

to

that

which

is

fo

frequent

in

your

mouths

;

At

what

time

foever

a.

farmer

repents,

it

mull

be

at fuch

a

time

as

that you

muff keep

all

Gods

Statutes

:

but

further, God

fpeaks

here to the Jews

ac-

cording to the

condition

of

the Covenant

of works,

becaufe

they

made account

to

be

juftiffed

by the Law

;

lays

God

you

will

put

it

off, and

think at

laft

to turn from your wicked

ways,

and

that

I

will have

mercy

on you

;

I,

but look

to

it,

if

you

will'

repent,

'it

muff be

fuch

a

repentance

as

mull

be

joyned

with

a

keeping all

my

Statutes

;

therefore

thofe

that do not undertland

.

the way

of the

Gofpel,

but depend upon

a

repentance on

their-

death