2 Be it the day of thy Life continue, yet the day of Salvation may be ended; for this is but a minute or moment of that span of time, a point or […] of that opportunity; If the Lord remove his […], take away the light of his Word, dam up the fountain of Grace, and stop the well-springs of Salvation, thou mayest perish for thirst, and live to […] the folly of the neglect of Means, when happily thou shalt not know where they be, nor yet have liberty and ability to enjoy them if thou knewest: while therefore the day of our life, and the day […] Salvation (the Mart of Mercy) lasts, both which are but short and uncertain, let us be watchful to observe, and careful to take all advantages to buy the chiefest and best Commodities, Humiliation and Faith. Especially considering it may be any […] particular day, as our Saviour to Jerusalem, Oh that thou hadst known at least in this thy day, Luke 19. 42. When the Word is mighty, and the Spirit speaks powerfully unto thy soul, when the undeniable evidence of the Truth convicteth thy judgement, and the keen threatenings thereof, cuts and lanceth thy corrupt Conscience to the Core, and the Lord raps at the door of thy heart, by the hammer of the law; Oh now follow those motions, and cherish them, make much of a little, and suffer the blessed Ordinance of God to have its full blow upon thy Soul; go aside and consider seriously with thy self, Certainly the Lord came home this day unto my heart, touched me to the quick, and met with my particular Corruptions, withstood me to my face, and by the authority of his Truth, like the naked Sword in the hand of the Angel stopped me in my Course, and bad me back again; assuredly this is my part, a Portion carved out in special […] my Soul, this […] ⟨p. 257⟩is my day of Salvation, in which the […] […] to work the good work of his grace […] me: True it may be so, and for ought that thou […] I, or any under heaven know, it is so: Remember […] thou hadst a fair offer, and take heed how […] dost refuse it, lest thou never have the like […]. Break therefore through all Oppositions, cast […] […] […], listen to no allurements to the […], […] while […] is called to day harden not thy […]: And as Paul to his Company (Acts) 1[…] thou never to see their faces more.
2 Be it the day of thy Life continue, yet the day of Salvation may be ended; for this is but a minute or moment of that span of time, a point or 〈…〉 of that opportunity; If the Lord remove his 〈…〉, take away the light of his Word, dam up the fountain of Grace, and stop the well-springs of Salvation, thou mayest perish for thirst, and live to 〈…〉 the folly of the neglect of Means, when happily thou shalt not know where they be, nor yet have liberty and ability to enjoy them if thou knewest: while therefore the day of our life, and the day 〈…〉 Salvation (the Mart of Mercy) lasts, both which are but short and uncertain, let us be watchful to observe, and careful to take all advantages to buy the chiefest and best Commodities, Humiliation and Faith. Especially considering it may be any 〈…〉 particular day, as our Savior to Jerusalem, Oh that thou hadst known at least in this thy day, Luke 19. 42. When the Word is mighty, and the Spirit speaks powerfully unto thy soul, when the undeniable evidence of the Truth convicteth thy judgement, and the keen threatnings thereof, cuts and lanceth thy corrupt Conscience to the Core, and the Lord raps at the door of thy heart, by the hammer of the law; Oh now follow those motions, and cherish them, make much of a little, and suffer the blessed Ordinance of God to have its full blow upon thy Soul; go aside and consider seriously with thy self, Certainly the Lord came home this day unto my heart, touched me to the quick, and met with my particular Corruptions, withstood me to my face, and by the authority of his Truth, like the naked Sword in the hand of the Angel stopped me in my Course, and bad me back again; assuredly this is my part, a Portion carved out in special 〈…〉 my Soul, this 〈…〉 ⟨p. 257⟩is my day of Salvation, in which the 〈…〉 〈…〉 to work the good work of his grace 〈…〉 me: True it may be so, and for ought that thou 〈…〉 I, or any under heaven know, it is so: Remember 〈…〉 thou hadst a fair offer, and take heed how 〈…〉 dost refuse it, lest thou never have the like 〈…〉. Break therefore through all Oppositions, cast 〈…〉 〈…〉 〈…〉, listen to no alurements to the 〈…〉, 〈…〉 while 〈…〉 is called to day harden not thy 〈…〉: And as Paul to his Company (Acts) 1〈…〉 thou never to see their faces more.
- 1August. in his Confessions.
