410 / 772
3
8
2
11,Aotittes
per
frnadrng
vs
to
haffen
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
of
ignorance but
that
they plainly
fee,that
it
concerned]
their
eternal'
film.
Lion
to
hearken
vnto
the
Lord
calling them to repentance,
then
notwithílanding
thus
farre hee p.;cuaileth
with
them,
that they
are
content to
delay
their
conuerfon: and:.turning
unto
God,
either
vntill the time ofuckneffe, or till
their old
age. And
therefore
it
fhall
not
be
atniffe
to
fet
dowse
briefly
force
waightie arguments, whereby
euery
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
hafieu
our
all
the daies
ofour
life,
to
which end
he
hath
createdand re-
r
xu
h
nee
-
,
deemed
vs
and
doth continual'
preferue
vs,
Pfal.95.7.8.
7'®
9S7
clay
youfhallbearehirvoyce harden notyour
hearts:
fogs he
chargeth
vs
not
to
refit+
his
calling
no
not
till
to
morrow,
for
Ecdef,
I
z.
i
if
to
day
we
will
not
hearken vnto him,he hath
not
promifed
to
call
vs
againe
vnlefle
it
beto-
iudgenlent.So Ecc1.12.t.Re
-'
member
now
thy Creator
en
thedaiés oft4y
youth,a'hilefl
the
e-
uill
daies
come
not,
nor the yeeresapproch,'herein thouJhalt
fay,
1
haue
no
pleafure
to
them
;that
is,their old
age,.
as
afterwards
Era.5 s
6.
he
expoundeth
himfelfe
:
And
Efa.5 5.6,
Seehe yee
the
Lord'
ar
hile/1
he
may
bee
found,
call
yee upon
him
whill/
hee
is
neere.
Maul).
3z.
Matth.3.2.
Repent;
for
the
kingdome
ofheauen
is
at
hand.A
&.
Aft.
;.t
9,
3r
a9. And
our
fàuiour
Chrifl doth
inioyne
vs, firfi
tofeehe
the
kind
dome
of
Cj
od
and
the
righteoufrefle
thereof,'
Matth.6.3
3..
If
Matth.6.
;
;. therforewe
wil
not
wittingly
andwilfully
break
Gods com-
mandement,
let
vs offer
vnto him the
feruice
ofour
youth
-
as well
as the feruice
ofour
old age, for
he
requireth this
as
well
as
the other,
nay
before
the
other;and
this
was
fignifed
vnder the
types
of
the
old
law, where the Lord requireth
the
they
fiiould
offer
veto
him the
principal!
of
the
flock;
and
fuch
beafis
as
were
whole
and
found,young
and
without
.c
-Wt.
/
t
and
blenaiflió
So east.
3.
a<
the
Lord requireth
that
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42.áo.
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