A sermon, occasioned

Only remember also, that is no easy matter to believe, no easy matter to repent, and if thou knowest ought of the nature of each, thou hast experienced it so to be. Faith and Repentance are the gift of Christ; ask them of Him, and be well assured that He is more ready to give, than thou art to ask.

Only remember also, that is no easy matter to believe, no easy matter to repent, and if thou know'st ought of the nature of each, thou hast experienced it so to be. Faith and Repentance are the gift of Christ; ask them of Him, and be well assur'd that He is more ready to give, than thou art to ask.

And if the Lord help thee now to believe, i. e. to receive and take up with Christ as thy Lord & Saviour, thou shalt give glory to God by believing, and the Lord will account Himself, by the righteousness of Christ, which by Faith thou laidst hold on, abundantly satisfied for all the Dishonour thou hast done to Him all thy days.

And if the Lord help thee now to believe, i. e. to receive and take up with Christ as thy Lord & Saviour, thou shalt give glory to God by believing, and the Lord will account Himself, by the righteousness of Christ, which by Faith thou laidst hold on, abundantly satisfyed for all the Dishonour thou hast done to Him all thy dayes.

Now if any thing will break a hard heart, sure it is the affectionate warming yea melting Offers of the Grace of Christ in the Gospel unto a Person so vile that might be ready enough to fear he had sinned himself into an estate beneath, & out of the reach of Mercy. And Oh be speedy about this work: almost all thy days are rolled away in Gods anger, thou mayst count the few hours that are left thee, don't lose an hour, a Minute; spend every one of them seriously in Reading, Meditation, Prayer, good Discourse, Asking Questions of and Hearing Counsel