Oh at last hear and be persuaded to let the suite fall, Oh especially ye ancient sinners, notwithstanding all this, yet to be an ancient Drunkard, an old black mouthed swearer, an ancient Adulterer, an old grey headed sinner settled in wickedness; the father naught, and the son naught, ah, vile wretches, the bane of all goodness: The Lord hath striven forty, fifty, sixty years together, and do you not think the Lord was admirably ⟨p. 72⟩patient? Now, now let the word of the Lord prevail, and the Counsel of Gods poor servants take place with you, for your eternal good. Think with your selves, what shall I stand out in law with God? shall I still resist his grace? Go into a corner and sigh, and sorrow: bewail your selves; ah, miserable Creatures that we are, how have we behaved our selves all our life time to God: ah, those cords of mercy that would not draw us, those powerful persuasions, those keen reproofs, those forcible exhortations, and those bestowed and continued with much goodness and long sufferance, and we not bettered by any of them to this very day: why then it is ⟨p. 73⟩high time (poor wretches) to lay down the suite, to renounce it and to yield to the word of God, and not a word more. Give up the day to the work of Gods grace, and the power of his Spirit, as Job, Job. 39.37, 38. though he held out long until the Lord schooled him out of the whirlwind, showed him his Glory and Power and Jobs vileness and nothingness. Then he cries out I am vile, what shall I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth, once (saith he) have I spoken but I will answer no more; So all of ye say that hear the word of God this day, and persuade one another: Say we have been Brethren in wickedness, but now we will submit, we will no longer defer, well then be encouraged. The ⟨p. 74⟩Lord strives with you, nay he promiseth you if you will at last yield, whatsoever hath been formerly amiss shall be pardoned: whatsoever is or shall be wanting shall be supplied: why will ye yet contend, Did ever any resist the Lord and prosper? Oh ye have friends or estates, and ye bear your selves upon these and the like stays; these, and all such are but broken stays. Where are all the enemies of God? where is stouthearted and stiff-necked Pharaoh? He would not let the people of God go, &c.
Oh at last heare and be perswaded to let the suite fall, Oh especially yee ancient sinners, notwithstanding all this, yet to be an ancient Drunkard, an old blacke mouthed swearer, an ancient Adulterer, an old gray headed sinner setled in wickednesse; the father naught, and the sonne naught, ah, vile wretches, the bane of all goodnesse: The Lord hath striven forty, fifty, sixty years together, and doe you not thinke the Lord was admirably ⟨p. 72⟩patient? Now, now let the word of the Lord prevaile, and the Councell of Gods poore servants take place with you, for your eternall good. Thinke with your selves, what shall I stand out in law with God? shall I still resist his grace? Goe into a corner and sigh, and sorrow: bewaile your selves; ah, miserable Creatures that we are, how have we behaved our selves all our life time to God: ah, those cords of mercie that would not draw us, those powerfull perswassions, those keene reproofes, those forcible exhortations, and those bestowed and continued with much goodnesse and long sufferance, and we not bettered by any of them to this very day: why then it is ⟨p. 73⟩high time (poore wretches) to lay downe the suite, to renounce it and to yeeld to the word of God, and not a word more. Give up the day to the worke of Gods grace, and the power of his Spirit, as Job, Job. 39.37, 38. though he held out long untill the Lord schooled him out of the whirlwinde, shewed him his Glory and Power and Jobs vilenesse and nothingnesse. Then he cries out I am vile, what shal I answer thee? I will lay my hand upon my mouth, once (saith he) have I spoken but I will answer no more; So all of yee say that heare the word of God this day, and perswade one another: Say we have beene Brethren in wickednesse, but now we will submit, we will no longer deferre, well then be incouraged. The ⟨p. 74⟩Lord strives with you, nay hee promiseth you if you will at last yeeld, whatsoever hath been formerly amisse shall bee pardoned: whatsoever is or shall bee wanting shall be supplied: why will yee yet contend, Did ever any resist the Lord and prosper? Oh yee have freinds or estates, and yee beare your selves upon these and the like stayes; these, and all such are but broken staies. Where are all the enemies of God? where is stouthearted and stiffe-necked Pharaoh? Hee would not let the people of God goe, &c.
