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Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world
Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is showed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world wherein is shewed (besides many other gospel truth) ... that there was a breach made between God and man ... to which is added two sermons / by Jeremiah Burroughs.
London: printed by Peter Cole, 1657
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CHAP. 74. The Fourteenth Argument: manifesting the exceeding willingness of God to be reconciled to sinners.
Another evidence is this; when yet sinners do not come, yet the lord leaves them not; but he doth then appeal to the very consciences of sinners, and deals with them that way; and that is very powerful; he deals with sinners that way to break their hearts: (when after all his arguments they come not in) then the lord appeals to their own consciences, & then will plead with them in a way of appealing to their consciences, why they should not come in and yield unto him; and this way is very powerful to prevail with sinners. If you would go, and prevail with any one for a thing that you have a desire to accomplish, what course do you take? either you send to them, or go to them, and then you open the case to them, and yet they are not moved & then you bring powerful arguments to persuade them, and yet they do not move them then you take away all their objections, and yet that doth not prevail upon them; then you do importune them, and if that do not overcome them, what is the next way you take? then you appeal to their own consciences, then say you, nay, I appeal to your own conscience, whether ⟨p. 342⟩I have said it or no; I will even leave it to your conscience, and judg of it in the presence of God let your own conscience be your judg, and sometimes this prevails more than all the arguments in the world. When you appeal to a mans one conscience, that he doth deal unequally, and very il; that he doth not yield: but God doth thus he doth appeal unto mens consciences I will give you some scripture for it in the 43. Esa. 26. Put me in remembrance; let us plead together; declare thou that thou must be justified; come (saith God) let us hear what you can say; let us plead together; Declare thou that thou mayest be justified; declare it, say what thou canst, try whether you or I be in the right way, I will even be contented to leave it to you (only let us plead, and declare what we can) But that place seems yet to be more full that you have in