' .. .... . • 8 2 · Wilfullmpe11it~ncy · rand for Heaven,when thou lahoureft fe idlely?as · • God faid of that fafiing ; fo may I fayof thy labour, Is this the faft that I hav~ cho{en ?to · ajfiict 4- mans [elf for a day ? So, is this-the la- · . hour that I have chofen_? To labour fo as thou . labourefi? qut I need not to in:fift on this·plea, thy confcience is able to anfwer it. Thou la– bour ?thy confcience knows well enough theu– art lazy, thou doll not labour for holindfe ; fo the~ thyimpenitency u -wilful, and thy dam· nation wilful, and thy rui.ne w~lful. ·, . To concude then, underfl:and all you thar · \vill'Ilothearandobey. , , ' · Firfi, that your deftruEfion is from [elf, you · cannot cafl: it upon God ; he offers you the means to efcape it, and you will not, Ho[ I 3·9• Secondly, yqur deftruflion is 'r!Joft juft, you cannot allege feverity and cruelty ; no; your felves are cruel ones. You jud_ge your own fel ves unto Hell. The Lordprejjeth the Go[pel of grace upon you,& you,put it ojf,Aet. I 3.46. Thirdly, your dejfruflion is inexcufable,you· having nothing to excufe you: God hath taken away all dokes ofexcufes, he bathofferedyou favingl(nowledge, and youwouldnot;.a Chriff~ lmdye wot;Jld not:good motions, counfels,threat~ nings, andyouwould not~ your mouthes are quiteHopped 'whenyou perifu, Matth. 22.1 2· Fourthly, your deftr~Elion iS unavoidable; if you would have' relente~ and yielded, there·, might have been hope, but yon would not. You havehardned,yoU",.. nec'kJ, and whaes that. but a will not _?Therefore youfilall bedejltoyed w#~~~t(t rem~dy,?roV.l9·· I~ , · fiith 6 ' \. •I ...
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