'Ihe [hurches Marriage. yet are not willing to live under him; but would live according to their liberty, they are not·wil– ling to change their condition, even as fometimes there is a Proclamation out for pardoning of Pi– rats, it may be there are many Pirates that never :heard of this Proclamation,thefc cannot come in, they. know·it not, and this is the cafe ofthofe to whom the Lord Iefus is not preached or remaine ignorant of him. Secondly,there are fome other Pirats, that hear ,ofit, but they·beleeveit not, they thinke it is but a trap to get them in, they cannot beleeve that thofe great rebellions that they have committed .can be forgiven .. There is a third fort that beleeve it, that make no quefrion but they ibaU be pardo– ned if they come,but they thinke it a better courfe t o live by piracy frill, r_ather than to come in under the law to live in fubje6tion,they thinke they fhall Jive a poorer life and be:more reftrained, they are notwilling to change their condition. Now for the firft of thefe, wee have nothing to doe with them, for we fpeake to none but thofe that have heard oftpe Proclamation)that know well enough · there is fuch an offer made, therefore our bufines is with the two fecond. · Firfi: I will begin with thofe that will not be– leeye, that there is fuch a pardon, that cannot thtnke that the Lord Iefus is willing to match with them, th is is a common cafe, many a man 1 when he looke_s on his rebellions, is ready to ~ay, why ; is it poffible that I may bee admitted to match with the Lord fefits? I that have a heart fo , C :e 4 hard '
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