maygoe ;II Chriflianirie 33 g roannot yet conuerred toChrifl:,when hewas bidden to keep the com- mandementsofthe fecondTable, anfwered , that he had kept themfromhis Marro. za youth: and therefore' our Sauiour Chrifl looked vpon him , and loved him: al- at though this ex.ternall obediencewas notfufficient : for Chriíttellethhim that one thing is wanting unto bin:. And inanotherplace he faith, except.yournigh teoiefnes exceedthert hteoufnesofthe Scribes&Pharifesgoucannot enter in- to thekingdomofheaater. Nowthe careleffeGofpeller is far from performing this;iufomuch that commonlyhe makes an openpracr-lifeoffnneonewayor other. The caufes oftheir carelefnes are, frrí$ a periw-rafion that aman may repent whenhe will : becaufe theScripture faith, Atwhat time foeuer afannerdath repent himofhisfanfrom thebottome ofhisheart,Godmillpsst allhir tvic%ednes eut o fhis remembrance.But indeed late repentance isfeldomtrue repentance; and it maybe idle feared, leafl that repentance, which men when they are dying frameto themfelues , die alto with them. Secondlie,they flatter them- felues,imagining that the befl man that is , bath feuen falles euerie day into groffefnnes : whereas theplace whichtheyabufeout ofthe Prouerbes The iro.z4,ti righteous manfalleth[men times in aday andrifeth againe : israther to be vn- derIloodoffalles into ali&ion,thanoffalles intoa6tua11finnes. Thirdly , they deceiuethemfelues,mol' cfalflythinking ,finalifinnes,orhidden finnes to beno finnes :and groffefi finnesin which they Ihie and lie moll dangerously, tobe but finnesofinfirmitie. xxxV. By thiswhich bathbeen faide,the profeffours of Chriflian religion are add rnonifhedoftwothings.Firt+,gthattheyvfe rnofl painfàll diligence inwor- gPhïl,z.iI king their faluation,iri attainingtofaith, in dying to fame, inliuingto new- 1,Peta.17, neffeoflife: and thattheir hearts be neuer at reti,till fuch time as 'they goe be. Ko, rr,xo. yonde all reprobates in the profeflìonof Chria iefus. Seel thou how farre a reprobate maygoe ?preffeon to the firaight gatewithmaine andmight,with allviolence layhold on the kingdorneofheauen Shall Herod feare and reve- renceJohn Baptifl , and heare him glàdlie ? and wilt thou negleó the Mini- flers,and thepreaching oftheword ? íhall Pharao confèffehis finne, nay fhall Sathan belecue and tremble?AndWiltnot thoubewayle and lament thyfins, and thywicked conuerfation ? Itbehooueth thee tofeare and take heed ,/eat wicked men,and the deuill hirnfelfe rife in judgment and condemn thee. For ifthou (halt comeChore of the duties ofa reprobate, and doenot goebeyond him in the profeffionof the Gofpell,fure it is,thoumull looke for the rewarde ofa reprobate. Thefecond thing is,that the profeffouroftheCofpell, r diligentlie trie and r i.Cor. xi -examinehimfelfe, whetherhe isin the flate ofdamnation, or in the flate ò.f3r. grace: whetherhe yet beare the yokeofSathan,or is theadopted childofGod. Pal, re i r. Thouwilt fay this need not, thouprofeffetl the Gofpell , and art taken fora & `19 34' Chriílian : yetmarke andconfider, thatthis often befalleth reprobatesto bed Cc 3 efíeerned
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