An Alarm to Unconverted Sinners

Awake thou Northwind, and come thou South, and blow upon my garden, Cant. 4. 16. Come thou Spirit of the most high; here is a house for thee, here is a temple for thee. Here do thou rest for ever; dwell here, and rule here. Lo I give up the possession to thee, full possession. I send thee the keys of my heart, that all may be for thy use, that thou mayest put thy goods, thy graces into every room. I give up the use of all to thee, that every faculty, and every member, may be thine instrument, to work righteousness, and do the will of my Father, which is in Heaven.

Awake thou Northwind, and come thou South, and blow upon my garden, Cant. 4. 16. Come thou Spirit of the most high; here is a house for thee, here is a temple for thee. Here do thou rest for ever; dwell here, and rule here. Loe I give up the possession to thee, full possession. I send thee the keys of my heart, that all may be for thy use, that thou maist put thy goods, thy graces into every room. I give up the use of all to thee, that every faculty, and every member, may be thine instrument, to work righteousness, and do the will of my Father, which is in Heaven.

Secondly, In all his essential perfections. Consider how the Lord hath revealed himself to you in his word: will you take him as such a God? O sinner, here's the blessedst news that ever came to the sons of men. The Lord will be thy God, Gen. 17. 7. Rev 21. 3. if thou will but close with him in his excellencies. Wilt thou have the merciful, the gracious, the sin-pardoning God, to be thy God? O yes (saith the sinner) I am undone else. But he further tells thee, I am the holy, and sin-hating God. If thou wilt be owned as one of my people, thou must be holy, 1 Pet. 1. 16. holy in heart, holy in life. Thou must put away all thine iniquities, be they never so near, never so natural, never so necessary to the maintaining thy fleshly interest. Unless thou will be at defiance with sin, I cannot be thy God. Cast out the leaven: put away the evil of thy doings: cease to do evil: learn to do well, or else I can have nothing to do with thee. Isaiah 1. 16, 17, 18. Bring forth mine enemies, or there is no peace to be had with me. What doth thine heart answer? Lord, I desire to have thee as such a God. I desire to be holy, as thou are holy, to be made partaker of thy holiness. I love thee, not only for thy goodness and mercy, but for thy holiness and thy purity. I take thy holiness for my happiness. Oh! be to me a fountain of holiness: set on me the stamp and impress of thy holiness. I will thankfully part with all my sins a thy command. My wilful sins I do forthwith forsake; and for my infirmities, that I cannot get rid of, though I would; I will strive