The blessedness of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /The blessednesse of the righteous discoursed from Psal. 17, 15 /

Canst thou not consider the power, and fixedness of thy aversation from God? and with how mighty a weight thy heart is carried, and held down from him? Try, lift at thy heart, see if it will be raised God-ward, and Heaven-ward? dost thou not find it is as if thou wert lifting at a Mountain, that it lies as a dead weight, and stirs not? ponder thy case in this respect. And then,

Is it not to be considered, that thy time is passing away apace? that if thou let thy self alone, 'tis likely to be as bad with thee to morrow, as this day, and as bad next day, as to morrow? And if thy time expire, and thou be snatched away in this state, what will become of thee? And dost thou not therefore, see a necessity of considering what ever may be most moving, and most likely to incline thy heart God-ward, of pleading yet more loudly, and importunately with thy self?

Is it not to be considered, that thy time is passing away apace? that if thou let thy self alone, 'tis likely to be as bad with thee to morrow, as this day, and as bad next day, as to morrow? And if thy time expire, and thou be snatcht away in this state, what will become of thee? And dost thou not therefore, see a necessity of considering what ever may be most moving, and most likely to incline thy heart God-ward, of pleading yet more lowdly, and importunately with thy self?

And canst thou not consider, and reason the matter thus? O my soul, what's the reason that thou so drawest back, and hangest off from thy God? that thou art so unwilling to be blessed in him? that thou shouldest venture to run thy self upon eternal perdition rather? what cause hath he ever given thee to disaffect him? what is the ground of thy so mighty prejudice? Hath he ever done thee hurt? Dost thou think he will not accept a returning soul? that is to give the lie to his Gospel, and it becomes not a perishing wretch so to provoke him in whom is all