4# 4©e lilotities topertade vs tohagen our-repentance. was condetnned,that we rnightbe iuflified,and put to death; that wee might liue eternally, that he is gonebefore vs into hcauen to prepare vs a place there, and now fitteth at the, right hand ofhis father to giue.vs ioyfull entertainment when weecomeunto him,that he -hath taken away the fling ofdeath,which is finne, and hath made a foueraigne medi- cineagainfl this poifonwith his precious bloud, and there- forebrag eonuerted voto God weeheed not feare death, nay rallner wee may with with the Apofile to be fpeedily i..4 d¡fjàlgsed that !bee may be withChrist, feeing that is bell ofs/1As it is Phil.' .23. neither needeweetofeare the def}ruélion of this earthly tabernacle, tieing .wee are affuredthatwee haste.a- btsilding giuenvs ofglod, hoof not madewith:hank; kit 'eter 2.Cór.ç.1t mall in the heauens, as it is 2.Cor.5;i. Móreo er, we Dull not need to feareeither fuddainedeath, or an Mill death ; for it. cannot be fuddaine to themwho are alwaies prepared, Néc potefl malèmori arse bene-vixit, neither canhedie: ill who hath liued well. On the other fide, thofe.who delerre their re- pentance and turning vnto. God,. when deft appocheth' are filledwith horror and feare,.when as theyfee that they are íl ill fitbie6 to thecurfe ofthe law,and euerieminute indan- ger ofGods.fcàrefull iudgements; whenas thewaight offin preffeth them, Satan and their owne.confcience.accufeth them, death waitethon them, tobring theni toeuerlaf}ing death, hell, and deftru&ion. And therefore feeing fo many, benefits accompanie our fpeedie conuerfion both in lifeand death, and fo many euils follow our. delaies s let vs notbe mooned by Satans tentations, the fweetneffe of fïnne, nor with thealluring. vanities ofthis deceitfull world todeferre our repentance from day to day, but let vs now hearken "whileffGod yet calleth vs,andtake the good and acceptable time whenhe offereth it veto ys. The eight motiue to perfwadevs to'fpeedie conuerfion, is, that our turning vntoGod being deferred to ouroldage, or tillthe time. wee lie ficke on our -rleathbeds,is not fo excel- lent in it one nature, nor fo acceptable vnto God, as ifit reperformed in the time -of bur youth; for what great tztter_is it ifwee.leaueour:finnes, when they are readieto-. leaue- ittgaft.: ,. The eight mo- ttt4; Itecaáre repeotarce de- ferred to nld age i.cxot¡ excellait sgptrsGle. IlwaS
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