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Rempion.

were

fo fenfible

of

it,

as

they

fhould, they

would

cry

and

weep,

and

lament unto

God

for the pardon

of

their

fins

and

fo

carry

it

as

would

teftifie

they prize

their

lives at

a

high

rate for

this

end, that

they

may

feek

the pardon

of

their

fins.

Thirdly,

It

muff

be

done

fo,

as

that

you may

have this

tett i-

mony

in

your

Confciences,

that

you

never

fought

after

any

thing

in

the

world

fo you

fought

after

this

;

though

it was

never

to

an

important

occalìon, yet there

is

nothing after which

your

endeavours have

been fo

powerful

as

after

this

;

appeal

to

you

in

this

place

;

is

the work

of

your

fouls

after

pardon

fo

,

as

that

in

your

own Confciences

you

can

fay,

if

any

bufinefs

ever

took

up

my

heart,

this

hath,

if

ever my

fpirit

was up in any

thing

in

the

world it

is

in

this

;

cer-

tainly,

unlefs

it be

fo, you

have

not

done

that that God

requires

of

you.

Fourthly,

reu

muff

fo

do

it

as

apprehending

God

is

ready

to

be

gone,

and

to

turn

away

from

you

;

you mutt

fo feek

after

him,

as

apprehending

,

for ought

you

know , that

God

is

juft

a

going

away;

and

if

thou

haft

it

not now, 'tis uncer-

tain whether thou

'halt

ever

have it

;

the

foul

muff

cry

as

a

poor

Malefa

&or

does when

the

Judge

is

on

the

Bench,

he cries

all

th

at

while;

but when he

is

ready

to rife

,

and

is

going

off,

then he cries

mercy, mercy

;

when he thinks

if

he

let

him

go, then

he

(hall

never

fee

his

face

more

;

he

cries then

to

purpofe

;

fo

fhould

it

be

with

every

foul

that

under

f}ands

the danger

of

lofing

of

it

;

you fhould

fo

feek after

it,

as

looking on

your

felves

Banding before

God

the Judge of

all

the

World,

having the

fenrence

of

death

out againfl you

,

yet

for

the

prefent

God

is

.looking

on

you,

and admits

of

you

to look on him

;

but fo

as

apprehending

God ready

to

turn

afide

,

and

you

know

not whether

ever he

will

grant

you

fuch an

opportunity

of

feeing him

any more

;

O

then

if

a

man

would

feek

after God

as

ready

to

turn

afide

from him,

and

for ought

he

knows,

he

fhould never

fee

him

more

:

Certainly,

if

you know the

evil

of

fin,

and

the

ble(fednefs

ofpardon of

fn

;

What

a

deep imprefíion

would

fuch

an

a

prehenfion make

upon

your

hearts?

Fifthly,