4t 2TheconuerfionoffigyAkeefe,no caufe to.delay repentance. ordinarie, theoccafon being remooued, and the mercie of God,and vertue ofChrifis death and bloudfhed being fui. ficiently rnanifefledto al the world.Thirdly,we are to know, that the eftate ofthefe men, is faare vnlike, and much more defperate,then the Bate ofthe conuerted theefe.: for hee was in all likelihoodnever before this timecalled, andprefent- liehe hearkneth vino thevoice of Chrift, andwillingly in- tertaineth the good motions ofhis fpirit; but thefe men being often called, haue refufed tocane, andhaue quen- ched the goodmotions ofGods fpirit : heperfified in his fin ignorantly, hauing not heard the do&rine ofthe Gofpell, wherebyhemight be inuited to comevnto Chrift byaliuely faith, and might turne vino God by vnfained repentance; thefe haue often heardthefe glad tidings,and haue negle&ed and contemned therm: hee continued in his finnes through ignorance,neither did he .vngratefuIly refolue to feriae the diuell his whole life, referuing the time ofhis old age and ficknefheforthe feruice ofGod,only;for his owne aduantage; but thefe men hauing bin often infiru&Red in the lawofGod, andwaies ofgodlineffe,notwithfianding 3, ittinglyandwil- fullyperfifl in their finnes, prefiuning upon repentance and hope ofmercy at thelafl house, intending then to turne un- toGod, not for.any lone they beare him,but for feare ofhell torments,and eternal! damnation : laftly,hisrepentance was anoft vnfained, and exceeding earnefi, andhis faithbrightly fhinedprefently after his conuerfion in fingularfruites ther -s of. For hee madea notable confeflon ofhis Sauiour andRe- deemer, euenwhen all his difciples for feare forfooke hire, fie i ufiifieth Chrifi,when all men condemned him,and euen hisApof}les doubtedofhizn. He praieth fert.tentlie vntohim, when the multitudemocked and reuiled him: hee humblie confeffeth hisowne fns,and louingly admonifheth his fel- low ofhis wickednes, defiring earnef}ly thatas they had bin fellowes andcopartners-in fnne, fo.theymight bepartakers in pardon, and in the benefit ofredemption wrought by Chrift. Whereas. moll commonly their rpentance is for- icedand diffembled for feare ofpunifhment, rather then for :hatred:of rwe, .or loueofGod : as they-vfuallie make it ma- , mifi
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