272 Ex/Mrta:Mot/ to Believing enforced. Pfal. i 3 0, hath been (hewed , if you thall ray, yea, this is the fûrgive -_ mil' we rely upon, it is that which you have defcried. Toca I define further that you would 1. Examine your own hearts, how yott carne to have an in- tere(t in this Forgivenefß, to clofe with it, and to have a right unto it. Aman may deceive himfelf as tffecually by fi.ppo ;ing that True Riches are his, when they are not, as by foppo(ng his falfe and counterfeit ware to be good and currant ; how then come you to be inter:fied in this GoIptl- forgivene( ? If it hath befaren you you knownot how, if a l,felets, barren, in- operative perfwafion of it hath crept upon your minds ; be not miftaken , God w,11 come and require bit forgiven f? at your hands, and it (hall appear, that you have had no part, nor portion in it. If you (hall fay, Nay, but we were convinced of fin, and rendred exceeding unquiet in our Confciences, and on that account looked out after Forgivenefl, which bathgiven us Refl. Then I delire, 2. That you would diligently confider, to wbat ends and pttrpofes you have received , and do make ufe of this Ge' feel-for- givenefß Hach it been to mike up what was wanting, and to piece up a peace in your own Confciences? that whereas you could not anfzner your Conviaionr with your dutyes, you would feek for relief from Forgivenets. This, and innumerable other wayes there are, whereby men may lofe their fouls when they think all is well with them, even on the account of Pardon and Mercy. Whence is that caution of the Apofile, Looking diligently hft any one fhould teem to fail, or come fh in of the Grace of G,md, Heb. 12. 15 . men mils it and come fl:o, t of it, when they pretend themfelves to be in the purfuit of it; yea to have overtaken and poffiffed it. Now if any of theft fhould prove to be your Condition, I delire 3. That you would confider ferioufly, whether it he not high time fir you to look out for a way ofdeliverance, and efcape, that you may faveyour f4lves from this evil World, and fly from the erath to come. The judge (lands at the door. &c fore he deal with you as a judge, he knocks with a render of mercy. Who knows, but that this may be the WI timeofhis dealing thus with you. Be you old oryoung, you have but your feafon, but
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