542 ThesouleteeauaQ"callingte Ehrif}. objeíl. what the Lord addes, I willNeale him, and restore comfort untohim : as if he had faid, poore route, I have driven with him, but he fcornedme; loffe- redhimgrace, he received it not, but went after the ftubbornneffe ofhie omne heart; Neefeeth nothis mife- ry, but I fee it, and 1will pardon it : lerem. 3. a, Ter returne to mee,faith theLord : there is no time to late, ifa man have a heart to returne : Thou haft played theharlot withmany lovers; that is, thou haft followed many times, and addicted thy felfe to many diftempers, yet returneuntomee. Ifa man put away his wife for fornication, will he receive her againe ? no, he will not doe is : yetyou have hadmanybare haunts and backdoores,yet returne untome, after allthatfiubbornnefféwherebyyou bave eppofedmygrace, andflightedmymercy; yet return untome, andreceiveraceoffered. There is nolimit ofthepardon and free grace ofGod offered to a Poore firmer, except the finne againtf theHoly Ghoft; the Lord Bands, and waits, and knocks, ifany man will open ; thoughhe call till beebee hoarce,and knock till hebe weary,yet ifanyman will open, bee the drunkard neverfo bate, the adulterer neverfovile, ifheewill open, theLord will ¿orne, andwill bringhis comforts with him, and will fup with him, and restore eonfolation to him. But you will fay, Aye, than true, ifIhad but a heart tomourne for them: fee my Ernes I doe, and I cannot but acknowledge my corruptions : but I amnot fènfible of the load that lyes upon me, I cannot bebnrthened with theevils that op- pre
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