Gospel reconciliation, or, Christ's trumpet of peace to the world

The consideration of this point may cause abundance of humiliation to our hearts, cause exceeding sad thoughts, if this be so that one mercy of God makes way to another, one mercy if it be sanctified, and have the blessing of God with it, it is a door of hope to another, hence when we look backwards to these ways of Gods mercies, that have been heretofore towards us, and look to the opportunities that we have had of obtaining further mercy from God, and consider how we have lost them, when God was in a way with us, Oh! that should draw tears of blood from us, look back to thy life. I suppose there is never one in this congregation, but in looking back to the ways of Gods providence to them, they cannot but cry, Oh! the Lord was once in a way of mercy to me, there was a time that certainly God was merciful to me, Nay, not only in outward mercies, such and such deliverances I had at such a time, Oh! had I followed those mercies, What might I have gotten? when I was crying to God for deliverance, God heard me, God hath delivered me, delivered my family, now God (as it were) was in a way of mercy to me, ⟨p. 400⟩O! had I followed that then, what might I have gotten? but I neglected the opportunity, I lost it, and now God is in another way with me, but especially when you look back to the opportunities that you have had for the good of your souls, hath not God many times bin in a way of mercy to your souls? Oh! was not there such a time when you began to have frequent workings of Gods spirit in you? you began to have light darted into your Consciences, to have the spirit of God drawing your hearts, that when you came to the word, you found the word coming with power, and the spirit of God sealing it, and your hearts did begin to yield, and to melt before God, Oh! what might you have gotten if you had gone on, if you had followed God in those convictions of conscience, and in those beginnings of troubles you had, and workings of Gods spirit, what might you have come to now? There was a door of hope, but fools and wretched men to stick in the birth and come not forth; and alas! May not many say, Oh! that I had a door of hope, there was such a mercy of God towards me, but woe to me the door is shut, I find my heart shut up, and my conscience shut up, and my heart now is hard, but it was beginning to be softened? but Oh!