11,21 fr, f The Soulea eeJtHua/I eaìlingto Chrift. rieth abatewretched heart about withhim : No, no, when the Lord (hall come to lay theeupon thy death - bed,let us then fee your hope, ifyour hope can now keepe lifeand foule together, if it cancheare,comfort,and refrefh you, let it, nay if alltheMinifters under heaven,andall the Angels in heaven,fhould come and reveale thepromifes; why, a man will then tell you, Alas ! I am a wretch, I never did any thing, never had any thing, but that which curled carnali Hypocrites, have had : I have prayed, and ludo prayed, and he is in hell, and fo may I be too, for ought I know : why, but theMinifter replìeth, comfort up your owne heart, chearc up your owne foule in expeûatìon of force favour from God, why ? alas ! faith the foule, there is nocomfort for me: why ? but faith a man, there is mercie in Chrift, it is true there is mercie, but alas I have refitted mercie, I have defpifed theoffer of grace, there- forethere is nohope, he was graceleffe here, and be (hall be damned for ever, he was ftubborne here,andhe thallbe forever miferable hereafter: Looke as a tree that is falling, there are force ftrongfprigs in the root, and that beareth it up, and it bringethfometimes a great dealeof fruit, fo it is here,thoughdeliire, endevour be deadun- to the wordand ordinances, yet there is a ('prig of hope, and that fupporteth the foule, and the foule faith unto the Lord, thou haft Paid, the broken hearted firmer (hall have mercie, I am fo, I am wearie and heavie laden, therefore re- frefh me, I have a dead heart, Lord, but wearie of
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