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Suppose there were a company of leprous beggarly rebels, under the sentence of death, and ready to be dragged to execution; spare them, they are never like to do their Prince any considerable service; let them perish, and their Prince can be no loser in his Honour, nor be censured as over severe, they having brought all manner of miseries upon themselves by their rebellion. Suppose in this case, the Prince should send one Officer after another, & above all his only Son, to entreat and beseech them to accept of a pardon, and to accept of Court preferment: what ever they can say against this, he will answer their objections: what conditions they cannot perform, he will give them assistance: though they are defective in the performance of easy conditions, yet they shall have acceptance: they shall never come to him for any thing but they shall have audience: he will do more for them, then for those that never offended him: they shall share in the glory of his Kingdom: only he entreats them to be friends with him. If these Rebels obstinately and scornfully refuse this offer, what may they expect?

Suppose there were a company of leprous beggerly rebells, under the sentence of death, and ready to be dragg'd to execution; spare them, they are never like to do their Prince any considerable service; let them perish, and their Prince can be no loser in his Honour, nor be censured as over severe, they having brought all manner of miseries upon themselves by their rebellion. Suppose in this case, the Prince should send one Officer after another, & above all his onely Son, to entreat and beseech them to accept of a pardon, and to accept of Court preferment: what ever they can say aginst this, he will answer their objections: what conditions they cannot performe, he will give them assistance: though they are defective in the performance of easie conditions, yet they shall have acceptance: they shall never come to him for any thing but they shall have audience: he will do more for them, then for those that never offended him: they shall share in the glory of his Kingdom: only he intreats them to be friends with him. If these Rebells obstinately and scornfully refuse this offer, what may they expect?

Hearken every one of you, that is unconverted, this is thy case: Thou art the sin-sick Rebel: He that believeth not, is condemned already. Brimstone is scattered upon thy habitation. God needs not thy service, yet he sends one Ambassador after another, to urge thee with terms of Peace. I do now in my Masters name beseech thee to receive a pardon upon thy bare Homage. God offers to make thee higher then the Kings of the earth, his subjects are altogether Kings. God doth, as it were, tempt thee with glory: And wilt