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

It is a special part of the wisdom, and duty of Christians, ⟨p. 406⟩to observe what are the ways of Gods mercy towards them, (as I told you before) the connections of them, so I mean the beginnings of them, and therefore take this one note, It is a great reason why many Christians are so long time in darkness, and under the spirit of bondage, because they do not observe the beginnings of Gods mercy, how God beginneth with them, because they have not all the mercy they would have, therefore they neglect the observation of the beginnings of mercy: but now if thou hadst a heart to observe the beginnings of Gods mercy, and to pray when he begins to open the door, and let in a little light, and so to follow God, thou mightest have been free from the spirit of bondage long ere now. But I must leave particular applications now, and come to the more general, and therefore seeing that this is the thing our condition requires, we must venture upon it at least now, though I should never do any other thing, I could not forbear at this time, that God hath opened a door of mercy, a door of hope to us, to all England, I suppose every one sees it, and among the people of God it is the matter of their discourse, when they come together. Now what is it that should be our care? O! that this door be never shut, that now our iniquities lock it not, now to follow God on in the way of his mercy; that is (brethren) a blessed door of hope, and I may compare this door of hope, to that door that leads into the holy place, 1. Kings. 7.50. the text saith, That the hinges of gold for the doors of the inner house, that door that went into the holy place, it had the hinges of gold. Brethren, those worthies of our land, that God hath called unto our Parliamentary Assembly, they are the hinges of our door, and blessed be God they are not iron hinges, tha• they have not rigid & rugged spirits, not at all to regard the cries of the oppressed, no, they have been unto us as hinges of gold, our door of hope doth hang upon hinges of gold; If I were at ⟨p. 407⟩this time to speak to that Assembly, those that are the hinges of our door, to those that are our door-keepers, the door-keepers of this Door of hope, yea, rather those that are even this door it self unto us, were I to speak, to them I would seek to lay the great charge, of that mighty trust that is committed unto them upon them;