220 Vfe. 3. Exhortation. Chri Precept andPromife, or, beguile you with that falfe and counterfeit Gofpel ofhis, whofoever kaheth to it,' (hall find it like the A uthor of it, a Lyar ; and when he bath trufted to it, that' confidence and hope ofhis (hall beas the Spiders web , the Befomeofdeftrudion (hall fweep it and him down to the depth of Hell : Death (hall have dominion over him, and carry him from this prefent world to the region of darknefs, into eternal torment : he fhall fie Death in the grimnefs, and terriblenefs of it, he (hall feel it in all the extremity that the wrath of Godcan inflict upon the children o difobedience. Thirdly,! have to command andrequire you in the nameof the LordJefus Chrift, that you apply your (elves toa thing tending fomuch to the honour ofhim, and to thecommodity and comfort ofyour own fouls. I have (hewed you thatJefus Chrift pathrevealed a way how you fhould efcape the dangerofDeath eternal,andthehurt ofDeath natural. I befeech you now fall adoing one while, as you have been bufied in hearing. To what pfIrpofc is it that you flocktohear Sermons, and throngto receive theWord, except you lay it up in your hearts, and apply your felves to pra&ife : If thou haft not begun before, now begin : if thou haft begun before, now refolve to proceed with more life and courage : Either begin or perfift in the practice of the DoEfrine ofthe Goffe1. If thoú haft not repented, I- require thee in the nameof the livingGod, tomake this hour the firft beginning of thy repentance ; and apply thy felf to lay the foun- dationofthat work, before thou lay thy head to fleep. Go and call to mind thy fins, and make thy cheeks wet, at leaft thy heart heavy for the multitude of thy great offences : down on thy knees in thy Clofet ; make thy confeflion of themto God, ugh for them, mourn for them, labour to weep for them, afflict thy foul'' withgreat forrow and remorfe : then cry for pardon and remiffron : as the thief begs at the bar for mercy, fodo thou for the forgivenefs of thy fins through Chrift Jefus ; and put upon thy felfa firm refolution, and ftedfaft purpofe to go on no more in the wayes of wickednefs, to pradife grofs fins no more, nor no more to allow any fin that thou knoweft tobe a fin, though itbe never fo fmall. Do thus (my brethren) and then you may and will, (it will follow almoftofit felf) refs on Chri$ for falvation. He that fo feeth his own fins, as unfeignedly to tatnent for them, and to judge himfelf before God, (if he.apprehend the truth of the Doa`fvine of the Gofßel,) hecannot for hislife but come on amain, and throw himfelf down before Chrift, to imbrace,and receive, andentertain him, and lie in his Bofome. And that man cannot for his life, when he feeth the fweetnefs of the grace of God in Chrift, but refolve to obeyhim, and determinto walk in the wayes ofholi- nefs,andtake pains,andufe induftry for the overcomingofall fin; and by thevcrtue ofChrift he (hall prosper in this. I befeech you therefore fet your felves awork about this great buunefis, to get Repentance, and Faith, and New Obedience ; it is much more needful than fleep; than meat, than attire : there is nothing in the world fo requifite for thy welfare as thefe things. Scrape thouriches together in the fame quantity thatSolomon did, and ten thoufands times more, yet thou (haltfee Death once within ahundred, or half a hundred years. Get wifdome, yet thou (halt fee Deathafter a few years. Take pleafitre with as much greedinefs as he did onèe,when he forgot himfelffor a fpace, yet thou (halt fee death. Thefe things that the folifh worldhunts after with fomuch earneftnefs ofdefire, will not fecure thee from the fight of the King offears, Death, as fob calleth it. But if thon once get Faith, and Repentance, and new obedience, then thouhaft obtained that, that all the riches, and honour, and pleafures, and learning, or whatfoever feemethdeferable in the world, will not help their poffeflòrs to. What will you do ? (brethren) Grovel (till on the earth? and (till bemad after backand belly ? Or.will you now begin to think, I muff die, I mull Ihake hands with that difmal enemy, pale-faced Death, that is able to ftrike terror into the ffrongeff heart,and amazement into the ffoutefl foul that is not well confirmed; and if this Death find me deftitute oftrue Repentance, and Faith, andNewObedience, it will
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