.dOfinnes pardoned to tbe Humble. 17~ humbled J here is arropen doore for thole char-are wid1o1uf,· a ground, to •exh0rt them to· come in. Come and welcome. . Go~ is exceeding merci– full;and ready toforgive and receiveyou~ Ifany > thing will draw men in~ they are the promifes of · , mercy ; the ' hue ahd cry makes the thiefe tofly a- ;way the fall:er. · · ·. · The Proclamation of pardon brings the rebells in, and what greater motive can wee ufi! than this, that whatever your firines are or havebecne, never fo great in themfelves and aggravated with never fo 'many circumll:ances, yet if you will come in and humble your felves, and turneto God, ·God will -bee·merc~full to you. No matter what thy iinnes have beene : all the matter. is, what th bnmilit~ is 1 ___ what th.Y- re o ttrions tO coQ e e an. forfake thy finnes are ; they have not gone ~oo t- at ·price w tch hatn beene paid for tfiem: nd · God ·wrll..notonfy par on tlieir fins, ut alTo leave a . 5 e; tiJ · efiinj!! If you inaee 1ho~1 come thus ro any man whom you have offended, bee would [ay, what are you not ailiamed to come to mee ha– ving wronged m~e thus, ~o loekemee in the face~ not to aske f0rgivenelfe onely, but to aske fuch a ·kindnelfe, fuch a favour at my hands alfo ~ how could you have the face to doe it ? But the Lord, hee aever gives that anfwe~) for bee is not as man~ nr.3.1r. ThoMgb ifa.,nAnput awAy his wife, ·andflue bec1mts AtiBihtr-.mans-, het wiN n~t receiv-e her_againe; yet returni ttJ met, [ayes God. It is poffi.ble for men eo c.ommit fuch linnes that men cannot forgive, but ~od1 tan pardonany. · 1 'f _ Y5u ·. \.
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