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Lastly; I will finish this Discourse with an earnest Persuasive, that Men would comply with the Invitations of the Divine Mercy. Who can without some sparks of Pity and Indignation seriously observe that Men are slight and foolish in things of eternal Interest, beyond all the degrees of Folly in the Concerns of this World? Who would that is in danger to lose his Life or Estate, and has but one day to secure them, waste it in frivolous Matters, when the Opportunity is so short, and the Omission is irreparable? Yet although the present Life be certainly short, and uncertainly continued, and Eternity depends upon our ⟨p. 371⟩present securing the Favour of God, and our Title in his Kingdom, Men employ their Time to gain the World, and neglect their Salvation, in comparison whereof all the Affairs of Time are a busy Folly, and vain Impertinence. Stupendous Security! Now to persuade Men to come to Christ for Life, let them consider,

Lastly; I will finish this Discourse with an earnest Perswasive, that Men would comply with the Invitations of the Divine Mercy. Who can without some sparks of Pity and Indignation seriously observe that Men are slight and foolish in things of eternal Interest, beyond all the degrees of Folly in the Concerns of this World? Who would that is in danger to lose his Life or Estate, and has but one day to secure them, waste it in frivolous Matters, when the Opportunity is so short, and the Omission is irreparable? Yet altho the present Life be certainly short, and uncertainly continued, and Eternity depends upon our ⟨p. 371⟩present securing the Favour of God, and our Title in his Kingdom, Men employ their Time to gain the World, and neglect their Salvation, in comparison whereof all the Affairs of Time are a busy Folly, and vain Impertinence. Stupendious Security! Now to perswade Men to come to Christ for Life, let them consider,

1. 'Tis God's Call, to which present Obedience is due. Carnal Sense is apt to object, Is it not a Man I see and hear? 'Tis true, but the Message is the King's, not the Ambassador's that brings it. A spiritual Eye looks beyond the Object of Carnal Sight, and sees Christ in the Minister by the Light of Faith. Were this believed, how would it fasten our Minds and Senses in the most serious Attention to the preaching of the Gospel!