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The
third
mo-
tiue,becau
fe
repentance
is
Gods
gift,
aamcs 1.17.,
p.o.3.ao.;.
388
Mettetet
to
perfs
ade
vs
to
h4I
en
our
repentance.
So likewife'When
as
the
Lord
gaue
the
falfe
propheteffe
fefat.
Bela
time
to
repent,nnd
fbee repented
not,
he
threatneth
his
heauie
iudgements againfl
her
;
in
aword,this
is
manifea in
the
examples
of
carnali
fecure
men
in
thefe daies,
who ha-
uing
abufed
Gods
mercy and
long
f
iffering,
and deferred
their
conuerfion from
day
to
day, at
laí+
they
are
tak'en
away
in
Gods
heauie difpleafure,and
as
they
liued like beafls,
f
commonly they
die
like
beafis
::and
therefore
as
wee
loue
the faluation
ofour
foules
let
vs
hearken when the Lord
cal
-
leth,andnot
harden
our
hearts
againíl the good
motions
of
his fpirit; for
if
we
be like thefe
men in
our wicked
prahife
there
is
no
hope we fhould
be vnlike
them
in
fearefull
pu=
nifhments.
Thirdly,
we
are
to
confider
that
our
conuerfion
and
tun-
ning vnto godly,vnfained,and true
repentance
:
is
the
gift
of
God
from whom.euery
good
and perfe&
gift
defcendeth,
as
it
is,Iam.L17.And therfore we
are
to
accept
of
this
gift when
he
offereth
it veto
vs;
for
God
Both
not
promife his
gifts
and,graces,with condition
that
we
may receiue
them when
we
111+,
but
when
he offereth
them,
Pfal.9
5
.7.
To
day
if
yee
millheave
his voice
harden
notyour
hearts,
hee
dothnot
giue
vs
refpite till
to morrow
:
now God callethand inuiteth
vs
to
come
vnto him, now
hee
knocketh
at the dore
ofour
hearts,
defiring
to enter
that
he
may dwell
in
vs
by
his
holir
fpirit;
and
ifwe
refufe
to
let him
enter,hów know
wee
whether he
will
euer
knocke againe
?
1fhe
doe
not;
what
gainefi
thou,
but
the pleafures
offinne
for
a
feafon, and
in
the
end
eternall
death
?
and
vvhat
idea
thou
?
no
leffe a
thing
then euerla-
fling
life
and
an
eternal waight
ofglory
in
Gods kingdome.
Well,yet Chriflknocketh at
the dore
ofour
hearts,and
if
we
will
open
he
will
be
our
gueff and
fuppe
with vs,bringing his
cheare
with
him,euen
an
heauenly
banquet
of
all
his fpirituah
braces;
bût
if
We
rudely
!hut
the
dores
againa
him, what
hope
can
we
haue
that
he will come
againe when
he
findeth
fuch
rude
and
vnciuill
entertainement?
and
then
what
will
follow,but that
either
wee
hall
neuer
feeke
after him, and
then
.our
cafe
will
be moll miferable,or
with
his
fpoufe in
the
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