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Tvmß1on.

165

jmnner

out

of

thefe

vile

abominable dangerous ways,

or

elfe

thou

art

undone

for

ever

:

Behold

here

is

the way

of

life

fet

before

thee

;behold

my Son

Pent into

the

world

for

the

Propitiation

of

thy

fin, and

to

bring

thee

into

the ways

of

godline

fs,

which

is

the

way

to

eternal

life

; O

turn

fnner

into

th

f

e

ways

:

Now

this

voice

of God

calling to

the

Soul of a man

or

woman

,

it

comes

with power,

it hash

'an over-powering

ftrength

in

it,

to

prevail upon the

heart

;

it

is

much like

that fecret

voice

mentioned

in

Ifai.

30.

2

r

.

And

thy

Ears

!hall

hear

a

word behind

thee

;

faying,thia

is

theway

wal,in

it,when

you

turn

to

the

right

band,

or to

the

left

.,

'tis

a

Prornife

of Gods mercy

unto

his

People to

convert

them unto

himfelf

;

thofe

that

were

only

in an

Outward

.Profeffion,

fays

God,

you (hall

hear

a

voice behind

you,

faying,

this

is

the way,

turn

in

unto

it

;

and

fo

'tis

when

God

calls

a

sinner

from

the ways

of

death

and

deftru

&ion

;

fuch

a

firmer

hears

a

voice

behind him

;

it

may

be

he has come

many

times

to Sermons,

and

heard

a

voice

many times without him

and before him

;

but

never

before,

a

voice

within

him and behind

him,

an

inward

fecret:

voice

fpeaking

to the foul,

O

fanner

turn

out

of

thy

finful

ways

Why

wilt

thou

die

and

perifh eternally

?

for

God to

come

thus

fecretly,

and

to reafon with the foul,

by

a

voice

be-

hind

it

;

and

.'tis

not

bare

reafoning,

but

a

voice

that bath a

power

and efficacy

from

God

going along

with

it, that

carries

on this

work

in

the foul,

and caufes

the

heart to

liften and

to

yield unto God

;

when

God

calls

to

the

Soul to come

into the

ways of life,the

Soul

an

{wcrs,

Lord

I

come,

and

with

a

trem-

bling frame

of

heart cries out with Saul

at his

Converfion

Lord,

What

wilt

thou

have

me

to

do

?

No

more

now, what

fin.

will have

me

to

do

?

and

what

this

and

that,

and

the

other

luft

will

have.me to do

?

No,

now

I

fee

the

ways

of

Life

and

Salvation are

the only

bleffed ways

Now

Lord,

what

would

thou

have

me

to

do

?

Now

Salvation

is

come

to that

Soul,

and

Reconciliation with Jefus

Chrift

;

For

whom he

hath

called,

them

he

hathiuffified. Obferve the

efficacy

of that

call fpoken

of

in

Ifai.

30.

2,

t

.

Thine

Ears

f

hall

hear

a

word

behind

thee,

&

c>

and then follows

the fruits

of it,

and

ye

(hall

defil

e

alfo the

.

covering

of

thy

graven

Images

with

Silver,and

the ornaments

of

Y

3;