Hooker - BT780 H7 1637

332 C. The Souks leaad!talltng toChrift. finne fo heavy, the Lord faften it upon your hearts : what, (hall any mangoe awayand fay, .I will not beldeve there is filch a ganeration, whi- ther will you goe ? Ifthe world.calIs, yee run ; if the devill calls, ye goe prefently; but will you rot come to. the Lord Jefus when he calls you? thenHell is to good for you,beare wit nefle ofit; many a Coale here this day is (till refolved togoe oninhis fìns,and fayes, I am refolved tohave my owne courfes, and I will beas proud asever, and fweare, and drinke, as much as ever, and I will not goe to jefus Chritt, whither will yce goe then ? Will yee goe to dcftration ? I call the Angels and all the Saints to record, youwill not come, then youmuff to deftruftion, there is no otherway tocome toJefus..Chrift, but by belee- vingin him. Now further to difcover the fearfulneffe of, this finne, and the mifery of them that continue in ir, let mee lay it openby foure particulars, whereby it (hall appeare, that howfoever unbe- le.evers make no great matter ofit, yet if they have thehearts of menabout them, they fhall fee themifery of their owne foules, and that in thdde faureparticulars. Firfl it keepsoffthe riches ofmercies that are in Chrift, from thefyule, that it cannot enjoy them ; there is nohappineffe but onely by com- munionwith God; and now infidelity keepsoff God from us, and keeps out that goodncffe which God is willing tobeflowupon us if we had hearts flitted to receive. it. Infidelity fhuts up a poore fin-

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