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condemn'd to

eternal death,

and

all

the

time

of

your

life

is

given

you for

this

very

end,

a

few dayes

that

God

gives

you for

this

very purpofe, rneerly that you might

have

a

little liberty to

fue

out

your pardon,

and make up

your

peace

with God

:

O

that

men

and

women

would

but

underfland this, what they

live

for,

that

all

the time

of their

lives

is

given

them

to

make

up

their

peace

with

God

;

you

are to

know

it

is

given

for

this end,

meer-

ly

as a

Malefactor hath

a

Reprieve to

get

his

Pardon;t'his

is

your

very condition

,

you

ftand before the

Lord guilty

of

eternal

death,

but

God

in

his patience

and

long-

fufferance gives

you

a

few dayes

to

live

to

fue

out

your Pardon,

and

if you

let

this

time

flip,

and

thefe dayes

be

gone,

I

profifs

to

you

this

day,be-

fore the L,;zd, that mercy

it {elf

(hall

never

fave

you

:

I

would

but know

of

many

of

you,

how you

fpend

thefe dayes

?

you

are

not

certain of

one

day,

it

may

be

not

an

hour

;

Do

you

fpend thefe dayes

in

making

it

the

great

bufinefs and

work

of

your

Sßtils

to

fue

out

a

Pardon

?

Let

me fpeak

to

you,

and

O

that

you would

fpeak it

in

fecret between

God

and

your

own

Souls,

and

that you would anfwer

in

the

Name

of

God

every

foul prefent, to

this

Queftion,

Soul

haft

thon made

it

the

great

work.and

buf

nef

s

of

thy

life,

above

all things

in

the

world,to

fue

out

thy

Pardon, and

feel

for

Reconciliation

with

thy God,

and

a,

difcharge

of

thy

fans

?

I

verily

fear

that many

of

you that

hear

me this

day,

if

we

could

but

hear

Confcience fpeak,

would an-

fwer,

What

?

I make

it the

great work

and bufinefs

of

my

life

to

fue

out

a

Pardon

?

God

knows

it

hath

been

the great work

and

bufinefs

of

my

life

to

increafe my

guilt

;

there

is

not

a

day

goes over my

head, but

I

have

brought

more guilt

upon

my

felf

by

wicked

Oaths,

taking Gods Name

in

vain,

negleding

his

Worfhip,

abufing of

his

creatures,

perhaps

by

drunkennefs

or

uncleannefs

;

methinks

your

Confciences

might mif-give

you,

when

you are

fo

far

from making

it

the

great

bufinefs

of

your

lives

to

fue

for

pardon, that

you

make

it

your

great

work

to increafe

your

guilt

;

Doft

thota

think ever

to

get pardon of

thy

fin,

fo

long

as

thou

goeft on to increafe

thy

guilt,

and

make

thy felf

more vile

?

the lives

ofmany

people are

in filch

a

courfe

of

wickednefs,

that

it

befpeaks

them

that either they are

re-

folved to

perifh eternally

in

their

fin,

or

elfe

to

make it to

be as

M

3

great.