Thc Souie.r rrituafi calling toChrifi. 5f' of God, and fee the bafeneffe of the hearts of wicked men, goe your wayes home and fall to praying ; Oh that wee could leave preaching and hearinga little, and all ofus fall to praying, and to examination; brethren, let us leave preaching andhearing, and all o` us fall to mourning, that thereare fo fewbeleevers : you mafkers,goe your wayes home and mourne, that fo many live in your families, and yet fo few have gotten good by the ordinances ofGod ; you that travell up and downe,mourne infecret,and fay,Here is eve- ryman bufie in the world, one makes hafte this way, another that way ; fo many chapmen and clothiers goingup and downe every weeke, and yet how few goc home to Chrift by faith,and re- ceivemercy from him ? in truth I condemnmy owne foule,becaufe I have not a heart to mourne for them ; we reprove their finnes,andcondemne them for their finne, andwee mufi doe fo ; but whereare the heart bloudpetitions that wee put up for them ? and whereare the teares that wee crake for the flame of our people? if they will needsgóeto hell, letus bury them with bitter la- mentations, and not only fhould we doe this, but an you tender hearted mothers, and.you that live one with another ; you tender heartedwives, you have husbands.. and youprize them, and love them,and fomegood you have from them, con- fider this when you fee your husbands take lewd courfes, let yoir hearts brea' a oves them, and fay, Oh woe is mee for that poore husbandof mine, iohn 3. 18. He that beleevetb net, is tendern- Ttt2 ned i!; i:1 lì
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