Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

This should excite sinners to •eed their return to God; for this will rejoice heaven and earth. Shall I leave my wine (saith the Vine) whereby I make glad the heart of God and man? I may say truly, the recovery of a sinner makes glad the heart of God and ⟨p. 303⟩man; not only will Christians and Ministers rejoice over thee when thou turnest to God: but God himself will rejoice over thee, when thou returnest: he will call for the fatted Calf, &c. O the Mirror of unthankfulness, that is upon our hearts, that we should be no more moved with any work that God hath done upon our souls! You that are converted and wrought upon by Sanctification, one would think that you should be able to enter upon no other talk than this, to tell what God hath done for your Souls. My brethren, if while we are here together, we should see our dead friends, that have been dead ten, or twenty, or thirty years ago, to eat and drink, and walk, and talk, and converse with us, how should we be astonished at it? And how would they wonder one at another? One that dyed at such a time; and another, that dyed at such a time and here they live again, and talk again. But now here is a greater wonder than this; here are dead souls, and they are brought together and live again, and talk again. O! me thinks you should wonder to see one another restored from so great a death.

This should excite sinners to •eed their return to God; for this will rejoyce heaven and earth. Shall I leave my wine (saith the Vine) whereby I make glad the heart of God and man? I may say truly, the recovery of a sinner makes glad the heart of God and ⟨p. 303⟩man; not onely will Christians and Ministers rejoyce over thee when thou turnest to God: but God himself will rejoyce over thee, when thou returnest: he will call for the fatted Calf, &c. O the Mirror of unthankfulness, that is upon our hearts, that we should be no more moved with any work that God hath done upon our souls! You that are converted and wrought upon by Sanctification, one would think that you should be able to enter upon no other talk than this, to tell what God hath done for your Souls. My brethren, if while we are here together, we should see our dead friends, that have been dead ten, or twenty, or thirty years agoe, to eat and drink, and walk, and talk, and converse with us, how should we be astonished at it? And how would they wonder one at another? One that dyed at such a time; and another, that dyed at such a time and here they live again, and talk again. But now here is a greater wonder than this; here are dead souls, and they are brought together and live again, and talk again. O! me thinks you should wonder to see one another restored from so great a death.