3 8 2 11,Aotittesperfrnadrngvs tohaffen our repentance. rous and pernicious to great multitudes, as may appeare by too too lamentable experience; for when as Satan can no Ionger hoodwinke their eics with the vaile ofignorance but that they plainly fee,that it concerned] their eternal' film. Lion to hearken vnto the Lordcalling them to repentance, then notwithílanding thus farre hee p.;cuaileth with them, that theyare content to delay their conuerfon: and:.turning unto God, either vntill the time ofuckneffe, or till their old age. And therefore it fhall not beatniffe to fet dowsebriefly force waightie arguments, wherebyeuery Chriflian may be nioued to fpeedie repentance, and not to deferre their con- uerGon from day to day, but to turne veto the Lord \Alen he ftrfl calleth them. §.Sail.2. p The fir(' tlotiue to erftiáde vs to the haflening of our Motiues to conueruon is Gods commandcmenr, whereby he inioyneth pofrvadevsto vs fpeedily to turne vntahim that we may him feruice hafieuour all the daies ofour life, towhich end he hath createdand re- r xu h nee - , deemed vs anddoth continual' preferue vs, Pfal.95.7.8. 7'® 9S7 clay youfhallbearehirvoyce harden notyour hearts: fogs he chargeth vs not to refit+hiscalling nonot till tomorrow, for Ecdef, I z. i iftodaywewill not hearken vnto him,he hath notpromifed to call vs againe vnlefle it beto-iudgenlent.So Ecc1.12.t.Re-' membernow thy Creator en thedaiés oft4y youth,a'hilefl the e- uilldaiescome not, nor the yeeresapproch,'herein thouJhalt fay, 1hauenopleafure to them ;that is,their oldage,. as afterwards Era.5 s 6. he expoundeth himfelfe : And Efa.5 5.6, Seehe yee the Lord' ar hile/1 he may beefound, callyee upon himwhill/hee is neere. Maul). 3z. Matth.3.2. Repent; for thekingdomeofheauen is at hand.A&. Aft. ;.t 9, 3r a9. And our fàuiour Chrifl doth inioyne vs, firfi tofeehe the kinddome ofCjodandthe righteoufreflethereof,' Matth.6.3 3.. If Matth.6.; ;. therforewewil notwittingly andwilfullybreakGods com- mandement, let vs offer vnto him the feruice ofour youth - as well as the feruice ofour old age, for he requireth thisas well as the other, nay before theother;and thiswas fignifed vnder the types of the old law, where the Lord requireth the they fiiould offer vetohim the principal! of the flock; and fuch beafis as werewhole andfound,young andwithout .c-Wt. / t and blenaiflió So east.3. a< theLord requireth that the facrifce 42.áo. `shà;_
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