Motiues toperfwade vs tohaften our repentance. 407 punifhrnents which arc threatned in his word ; but it is a thoufand toone ifwe then trulyrepent, who haue huedour whole time in impenitencie, or then turne vntoGod ifwee were not before that time effeóualy called and conuerted; for as wee liue, fo wee commonlie die; neither is itlikely that hauing ledour hues like wicked Balaam, we fhould die thedeathofthe righteous;that hauing alwaieshitherto been thornes and thifiles we should nowbring forth fweet figges and pleafantgrapes whenwee are readie tobee cut downe .andtobe cat+ into the fire; that hauing all ourlife (owed the feedes ofwickedneffewe fhould at our death reape the fruit ofgodlineffe; Andtherefore(as the Apollleexhorteth)let vs not be deceiued, Clod is not mocked;for whatfewer amanfozvetls that!hod he alto reape; forhe thatfoweth to his f lefh,'ball ofthe fle/h reapecorruption, but he thatforveth to themirit,fhall ofthe reapelifeeuerlafling, as it is Ga1.6.7.8.Let vs now turne GaL6,T.S. vntoGod, while he calleth vs and grantethvs the meaner ofourconuerfion theminiflerie of hisword ; now is the ac- ceptable time, now is theday ofour faluation; and if wee will nowturne vnto Godand trulie repent while1 we might continue in our finnes, we maybe allured our repentance is trueand vnfained, and not preffed out _ofvs with fenfe of .prefent paine,nor forced with feare of future punifhment, and that turning toGod, wee fhall be receiued to grace and xnercie, feeing wee then offer toferue him,whenwemight haue feruedSatan,the world and-ourowne corruptfiefh, .sr-.----.----- .-- -w-----, CHAP. XXX. Two lets whichhinder worldlingsfrotafpeedie repentance, re- mooned. Nd f h there M t u s where- by muc c o r c,« SAT. F wee may bee perfwaded to fpcedie repen- rJie mrfi war- hvtai deth andbeareth off with a double fencer, fo as ofGodsmierey they can neuer beate him downe with truc humilitic nor andgratious pearce his heart with vnfained forrow for faine ; the one protnafes. Dd 4 is
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