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Quest. 2. Are these things of weight and importance, or are they not? You hear that they are matters that concern your eternal life or death, Soul affairs; and are not these matters of the greatest consequence? If acquaintance with God, the happiness or misery of a Soul, your making or undoing for ever, be inconsiderable things, What then are great things? Is it a matter of greater importance, to lose the sight of a lascivious Play? Is it an affair of greater weight to have the frowns of a wanton mistress, or the frown of a God? You said even now, that the word of God was true, if you will stand to that, I desire no more; How is it written? Read a verse or two, turn to Matthew 5.20. Except your righteousness exceed the righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees, you shall in no case enter into the Kingdom of Heaven: And John 3.3. Except a man be born again, he cannot see the Kingdom of God. And God will pour out his wrath upon the Heathen, and upon the Families that call not upon his Name. Doth not the Scripture say, that is the one thing necessary? Are not these things called by the Lord Christ, the weightier things? Mat. 23.23. I hope you will not say, that God is mistaken, and that the Scripture speaks more of these matters than needs: What are you gone from your word so soon; did you not say that the word of God was true, and are you now of another mind, because you find that it requires more strictness, you are willing to submit to? But are you ashamed of that, and are you convinced of this also, that the Doctrine of ⟨p. 273⟩Reconciliation, Acquaintance, and Peace with God, are affairs of the highest importance in the world? And do you indeed believe this? and, will you stand to it? well then, my next Question shall be this.

Quest. 2. Are these things of weight and importance, or are they not? You hear that they are matters that concern your eternal life or death, Soul affairs; and are not these matters of the greatest consequence? If acquaintance with God, the happiness or misery of a Soul, your making or undoing for ever, be inconsiderable things, What then are great things? Is it a matter of greater importance, to lose the sight of a lascivious Play? Is it an affair of greater weight to have the frowns of a wanton mistriss, or the frown of a God? You said even now, that the word of God was true, if you will stand to that, I desire no more; How is it written? Read a verse or two, turn to