v4nfw. I Of tunlingfrom our e11ill JPayes. \ death, toturne from his evil! wayes,wichout anap~ prehenfion .of fin andgrace-: . · · . . When aman hath a trueapprehenfion ofeterrull · life.Anddeath, hecomes toknowwhat fi;z AndGrace ·is, and never before : till a man knowes ecemall deatbJhe look,s on fin as acrifle,asa thing ofnought; therefore.the wife man faith,they de(pi{e tbeirwitits; but . this apprehenfion is it., wt-icb helps toprefent finne in its lively colmus, and fo alfo the price of grace is then uoderfl:ood, when it is apprehended) as drawing with it everla.(ling h~ppineile, as the needle drawes thedueed. ~ The fecond thing is the confiderarion of the tcrmes~ for there is no turningwithout going from o11e term.e to another; an<l there is no true turning, except ir be from Sathan,and the crearure,and your owne felvcs to Gnd. Of this you reade in AlJs :~.6. 18. that S.cinl P~Hl wild font tgope* theireyes, AnJ 11 turne them from darkenejfi to light, Andfrom the power of Sttth•n ut~to God, &c. You fee thefe the termes of true turning ; and this is efpecially to be · marked :for iftherebenomore tp~naturning from ·mifery to kappindfe,it is not found ;for ifyou look upon finne, and mifery, graceand happinelfeas in .themfelves without ·refped: toGod, youdoe but turne uponyour owne hinges, as axle-trees, you . goe·but different wayes to the fame ceater, that o. ; therwicked men!goeunto, fQ lo.agasyoulook~on· ly at the mifery and the happinelfe of your felves alone, which is the centerof all mankinde. There· fore in a true converfton, thefemotives are_Iookt upon in relatio!HoGod, as thus ; iflfollowmy felfe
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