The gallants burden A sermon preached at Pauls Cross, the twenty nine of March,…The gallants burden A sermon preached at Paules Crosse, the twentie nine of March,…

Let us only fear, least our want of Repentance hinder this. I should have erst observed it, as a material instruction from this place, I could not find a fitter time to insert it, then here, to draw your coming with more alacrity. There is a reservation to repentance, even to abhorred Edom: let the sons of the profanest Esau repent, and they shall not be forsaken of mercy: Return and come, and your night threatened, shall be made a joyful warning, though it had as certain & defined a time, as ever had Jonah doom against Nineveh, the set bounds of 40. days, with a Non ultra: yet be you humbled and this judgement shall be dispensed with: If there be such mercy to Edom, let me say boldly, repenting Israel shall not fail of it: the night shall linger, and the Sun be kept from setting, if we will return in our day: the threatenings of God have a condition included; that general, that promised, that never refused interposition of repentance. As absolute as the speech might seem to Abimelech, withholding Abraham's wife, thou art but a dead man, yet it had an implicit condition, except thou restore her undefiled, as appears by the sequel. It is a common Fountain where at every repentant soul may drink, at what time soever, what sinner soever, repent of what sin soever, &c. And if yet any feel themselves thirsty, weak, and not throughly resolved, let him for ever confute the distrust of his own heart▪ the malice of Satan, the present difficulties,¹ with that of Jeremiah, Where in express words, our repentance is said to make GOD repent, even of his threatened, and intended Plagues.

Let vs only feare, least our want of Repentance hinder this. I should haue earst obserued it, as a materiall instruction from this place, I could not find a fitter time to insert it, then here, to draw your comming with more alacritie. There is a reseruation to repentance, euen to abhorred Edom: let the sonnes of the prophanest Esau repent, and they shall not be forsaken of mercie: Returne and come, and your night threatned, shall be made a ioyfull warning, though it had as certaine & defined a time, as euer had Ionas doome against Niniueh, the sett bounds of 40. dayes, with a Non vltra: yet be you humbled and this iudgement shall be dispensed with: If there be such mercie to Edom, let me say boldly, repenting Israell shall not faile of it: the night shall linger, and the Sun be kept from setting, if wee will returne in our day: the threatnings of God haue a condition included; that generall, that promised, that neuer refused interposition of repentance. As absolute as the speech might seeme to Abimelech, withholding Abrahams wife, thou art but a dead man, yet it had an implicite condition, except thou restore her vndefiled, as appeares by the sequele. It is a common Fountaine where at euery repentant soule may drinke, at what time soeuer, what sinner soeuer, repent of what sinne soeuer, &c. And if yet any feele themselues thirsty, weake, and not throughly resolued, let him for euer confute the distrust of his owne heart the malice of Sathan, the present difficulties,