440 / 772
4t
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The
conuerfion
offigyAkeefe,no
caufe
to.delay
repentance.
ordinarie,
the
occaf
on
being
remooued,
and the
mercie
of
God,and
vertue
of
Chrifis
death and bloudfhed being fui.
ficiently rnanifefled
to
al
the
world.Thirdly,we
are
to know,
that
the
eftate
ofthefe
men,
is
faare
vnlike, and
much
more
defperate,then the
Bate
of
the
conuerted
theefe.:
for hee
was
in
all
likelihood
never
before this time
called, and
prefent-
lie
he
hearkneth vino the
voice
of
Chrift,
and
willingly
in-
tertaineth
the
good
motions
of
his
fpirit;
but
thefe
men
being
often called,
haue refufed
to
cane,
and
haue
quen-
ched
the
good
motions
of
Gods
fpirit
:
he
perfified
in
his fin
ignorantly,
hauing not heard the
do&rine
of
the Gofpell,
whereby
he
might
be inuited
to
come
vnto Chrift by
a
liuely
faith,
and
might
turne
vino
God
by
vnfained repentance;
thefe haue
often heard
thefe
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
of
his
old
age
and
ficknefhe
for
the
feruice
ofGod,only;for
his owne aduantage;
but
thefe
men hauing bin often
infiru&Red
in
the law
ofGod,
and
waies
ofgodlineffe,notwithfianding
3,
ittingly
and
wil-
fully
perfifl in
their
finnes,
prefiuning
upon
repentance and
hope
of
mercy
at the
lafl
house,
intending then
to
turne
un-
to
God, not
for.any lone they beare
him,but
for feare
ofhell
torments,and
eternal!
damnation
:
laftly,his
repentance was
anoft
vnfained, and exceeding earnefi,
andhis
faith
brightly
fhined
prefently after his conuerfion in fingularfruites
ther
-s
of.
For
hee made
a
notable
confeflon ofhis
Sauiour and
Re-
deemer,
euen
when
all his
difciples
for feare forfooke
hire,
fie
i
ufiifieth
Chrifi,when
all
men
condemned him,and
euen
his
Apof}les
doubted
ofhizn. He
praieth
fert.tentlie
vnto
him,
when the multitude
mocked and
reuiled him:
hee
humblie
confeffeth his
owne
fns,and
louingly admonifheth
his
fel-
low ofhis
wickednes, defiring
earnef
}ly
that
as
they had bin
fellowes and
copartners-
in
fnne,
fo.they
might
be
partakers
in
pardon,
and
in
the
benefit
of
redemption
wrought
by
Chrift.
Whereas.
moll
commonly their rpentance
is
for
-
iced
and diffembled
for
feare
ofpunifhment,
rather then
for
:hatred:of
rwe,
.or
loue
ofGod
:
as
they-vfuallie make
it
ma-
,
mifi