Be sure, there is no Duty so much incumbent on us, as that of Turning from Sin to God in Christ. Well, the great God hath stated the present time for the doing of it. Tis the Warning, the solemn warning of the Holy God unto us, 2. Cor. 6. 2. Behold, Now is the Accepted time, Now is the Day of Salvation. Let those that are not yet born-again, discern this their time. O ye souls in peril, What is it that ye resol•e upon? ⟨p. 83⟩Your time is to Day, to Day, if you will hear the voice of God. Let me say about this Time, as Boaz about that Land in Ruth, 4. 4. If you will redeem it, redeem it. O Delay not; Dally not, Trifle not about this grand Concern; Do not say as the unhappy Felix did, I'll mind it at a more convenient season. No, No, Discern it, that the most convenient season is just NOW. O that all unconverted men would consider the Danger the Madness of their Procrastinations. Tis said in Eccles. 9. 12. Man knoweth not his time. Man, discern thy time as a flying time, and an uncertain time. A Jewish Rabbi gave that Counsel to a Scholar of his, Be sure you repent at least a day before you die. Truly, tis a fearful thing for a man when he comes to dye, not to be able to say, Tis at least a day since that I made my peace with God. Well, who of us can say, that this day is not our last day? We cannot be sure that we repent a day before we die, unless we repent this very day. Suppose you were to suffer an horrible Death in case you had not finished some notable Undertaking before night. O how would every stroke of the Clock strike to your very hearts within you! Behold O Sinner, be amazed, stand Astonished, and take the present time to get out of thy present state. Tis possible thou mayst be a dead man before to morrow, tis possible this night thy soul may be required. Horrid will thy condition be, if this happen before ⟨p. 84⟩thy peace be made with GOD. There are Graves in the Burying-Place shorter than the youngest of us all. Thou mayst Conclude with saying as David to Jonathan, As the Lord lives, there is but a step between me and death. Wherefore, let me Conclude with saying as Michal to David, O save thy self to night, for to morrow thou mayst be slain. Let no man Repent too late, but let every man Discern the time. Tis the sigh of our GOD over us, O that they understood! that they would Consider their Latter END!
Be sure, there is no Duty so much incumbent on us, as that of Turning from Sin to God in Christ. Well, the great God hath stated the present time for the doing of it. Tis the Warning, the solemn warning of the Holy God unto us, 2. Cor. 6. 2. Behold, Now is the Accepted time, Now is the Day of Salvation. Let those that are not yet born-again, discern this their time. O yee souls in peril, What is it that ye resol•e upon? ⟨p. 83⟩Your time is to Day, to Day, if you will hear the voice of God. Let me say about this Time, as Boaz about that Land in Ruth, 4. 4. If you will redeem it, redeem it. O Delay not; Dally not, Trifle not about this grand Concern; Do not say as the unhappy Felix did, I'le mind it at a more convenient season. No, No, Discern it, that the most conv•nient season is just NOW. O that all unconverted men would consider the Danger the Madness of their Procrastinations. Tis said in Eccles. 9. 12. Man knoweth not his time. Man, discern thy time as a flying time, and an uncertain time. A Jewish Rabbi gave that Co•nsel to a Scholar of his, Besure you repent at least a day before you dy. Truly, tis a fearful thing for a man when he comes to dye, not to be able to say, Tis at least a day since that I made my peace with God. Well, who of us can say, that this day is not our last day? We cannot be sure that we repent a day before we dy, unless we repent this very day. Suppose you were to suffer an horrible Death in case you had not finished some notable Undertaking before night. O how would every stroke of the Clock strike to your very hearts within you! Behold O Sinner, be amazed, stand Astonished, and take the present time to get out of thy present state. Tis possible thou mayst be a dead man before to morrow, tis possible this night thy soul may be required. Horrid will thy condition be, if this happen before ⟨p. 84⟩thy peace be made with GOD. There are Graves in the Burying-Place shorter than the youngest of us all. Thou mayst Conclude with saying as David to Ionathan, As the Lord lives, there is but a step between me and death. Wherefore, let me Conclude with saying as Michal to David, O save thy self to night, for to morrow thou mayst be slain. Let no man Repent too late, but let every man Discern the time. Tis the sigh of our GOD over us, O that they understood! that they would Consider their Latter END!
