Of the Minijlen:at Funllion. 349 :be n1ortified, their corruptions fubdued, the ' ,whole fratne of their fouls to be changed z. and though they have fcarce fo n1uch firencrth as to turn then1 on their beds, yet . theirbw-arfare againfl: principalities, powers, and fpiiitual wickednefs is but newly com– n1enced; their ·work is great, their Clifad– vantages tnany, and the time very fhort .-that is befQre them. Perhaps they are dull .and infenfible, and we ihall hardly per– -fuade them of thdr dat1ger. They will ac- :knowledge they are finners, and fo are all 'Others as vvell as they: they truft to th~ :tnercies -·of Chrift, and have -confidence e.– nough of their falvation; and cannot :be -·perfuaded they want any thing that is neceifary f:or ·the fame. · ·Others of thefe, a– ,gain, are feized with fear, and call for the M.inifl:er to comfort then1. What ihall he . ·do? Shall he tell tl1en1 tbat 2!l their terrors -are juft, and it is now too late to repent? 1 know fome divines are ·.peremptory in this .-cafe, and thii]k they -ihould be left in de– fpair. ·But, fure, -it were afa~ cn1p'loyment for a Minifter, to go and :vifit a dying 1nan, -.,only to -tell hin1 he is dan111ed; and withal :it is too _great boldnefs h1 us, to 1in1it the grace and n1ercy of God. True and fin– ~-ere repentanc.e will never con1e too late .; G· g bur
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