O that the Lord would now open your hearts to entertain it, that you may not then value it to your vexation, that would not value it now to your relief! Poor sinner, for the Lord's sake, and for thy Souls sake, I beg now of thee, as if it were on my knees, that thou wouldst cast away thy sinful Cares and Pleasures, and open thy Heart, and now receive thy Saviour and his saving Grace, as ever thou wouldst have him then receive thy trembling departed Soul! Turn to him now, that he may not turn thee from him then: Forsake him not for a flattering World, a little transitory vain Delight, as ever thou wouldst not then have thy departed Soul forsaken by him! O delay not, Man; but now, even now receive him, that thou mayest avoid so terrible a danger, and put so great a question presently out of doubt, and be able comfortably to say, [I have received Christ, and he will receive me; if I die this night, he will receive me.] Then thou mayest sleep quietly, and live merrily, without any disparagement to thy Reason. O yield to this Request, Sinner, of one that desireth thy Salvation. If thou wert now departing, and ⟨p. 35⟩I would not pray earnestly to Christ to receive thy Soul, thou wouldst think I were uncharitable: Alas! it will be one of these days: and it is thee that I must entreat, and thy self that must be prevailed with, or there is no hope: Christ sendeth me to thy self, and saith, that he is willing to receive thee, if now thou wilt receive him, and be sanctified and ruled by him: The matter stops at thy own regardless wilful heart. What sayest thou? Wilt thou receive Christ now, or not? Wilt thou be a new creature, and live to God, by the Principle of his Spirit, and the Rule of his Word, to please him here, that thou mayest live with him for ever? Wilt thou take up this Resolution, and make this Covenant with God this day? O give me a word of comfort, and say, Thou art resolved, and wilt deliver up thy self to Christ. That which is my comfort now on thy behalf, will be ten thousand-fold more thy comfort then, when thou partakest of the Benefit: And if thou grieve us now, by denying thy Soul to Christ, it will be at last ten thousand-fold more thy grief. Refuse not our requests and Christs requests now, as ever thou wouldst not have him refuse thee then, and thy requests. It is mens turning away now from Christ, that will cause Christ then to turn from them, Prov. 1.
O that the Lord would now open your hearts to entertain it, that you may not then value it to your vexation, that would not value it now to your relief! Poor sinner, for the Lord's sake, and for thy Souls sake, I beg now of thee, as if it were on my knees, that thou wouldst cast away thy sinful Cares and Pleasures, and open thy Heart, and now receive thy Saviour and his saving Grace, as ever thou wouldst have him then receive thy trembling departed Soul! Turn to him now, that he may not turn thee from him then: Forsake him not for a flattering World, a little transitory vain Delight, as ever thou wouldst not then have thy departed Soul forsaken by him! O delay not, Man; but now, even now receive him, that thou maist avoid so terrible a danger, and put so great a question presently out of doubt, and be able comfortably to say, [I have received Christ, and he will receive me; if I die this night, he will receive me.] Then thou maist sleep quietly, and live merrily, without any disparagement to thy Reason. O yield to this Request, Sinner, of one that desireth thy Salvation. If thou wert now departing, and ⟨p. 35⟩I would not pray earnestly to Christ to receive thy Soul, thou wouldst think I were uncharitable: Alas! it will be one of these days: and it is thee that I must entreat, and thy self that must be prevailed with, or there is no hope: Christ sendeth me to thy self, and saith, that he is willing to receive thee, if now thou wilt receive him, and be sanctified and ruled by him: The matter stops at thy own regardless wilful heart. What sayst thou? Wilt thou receive Christ now, or not? Wilt thou be a new creature, and live to God, by the Principle of his Spirit, and the Rule of his Word, to please him here, that thou maist live with him for ever? Wilt thou take up this Resolution, and make this Covenant with God this day? O give me a word of comfort, and say, Thou art resolved, and wilt deliver up thy self to Christ. That which is my comfort now on thy behalf, will be ten thousand-fold more thy comfort then, when thou partakest of the Benefit: And if thou grieve us now, by denying thy Soul to Christ, it will be at last ten thousand-fold more thy grief. Refuse not our requests and Christs requests now, as ever thou wouldst not have him refuse thee then, and thy requests. It is mens turning away now from Christ, that will cause Christ then to turn from them, Prov. 1.
