94 yfe. Triall; will you put your felves upon triall, will you over-fee whether you ever had any no- tice o Gods acceptance ? obi(rve then the author of it, whence and o whom you had ir, this will difcover the truth of it ; when we miftruft good newes from a farre Country, we ufe to fay, it is good indeed, but is it certaine? whencehad you it ? had you a letter from beyond fea,or beardyou from fomeNoble man,that heard the letterread? then it is certaine : So there be glad tidings of peace and mercy, there is good newes from hea- ven, Godhath pardoned vile finners : God raves millions ofmen, good newel, but if ycur hearts perfwade you for certain,doe you thinks fo,or doe others tell you fo? is it nothing but idleale-honk talke?bath Gods Spirit fealed it?Both God fay to thy foule, thou art his fervant, he thyKing, thou his fon,he thyFather? ifit be fo,thoumaift pawne thy life on it, trutt to it, the notice is good. If a malefaúorwerecondemned,and a rogue that bath beene burnt inthe hand, whogoes up anddowne with a paffe, fuppofe theone to forge hispardon, the other to counterfeit his pafl'c: A wife man he knowes andunderfl:ands the falfeneífe of the partie, and he íhall never get any goodby it, het will flop the rogue with thepafíe inhis hand, and hang the traytor withhis pardon about his neck. So it is here, wee are all malefa&ors and poore rogues, running up and downe the face of the earth, and we are walking and looking after ano- ther Country; now, what muttbe our paffe ? the evidence of the Spirit,thou that faift thoudoub- tefè The Saules efeduall caCáing toChrift.
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