Tho' you have been the Companions of Robbers, you shall then be the Companions of Angels; yea, you shall Inherit all things, and be Filled with all the Fullness of GOD. The Things to be done for you, are beyond what the Heart of Man can conceive.
You are not strangers to what we read of a Manasseh, ⟨p. 24⟩in his Chains, returning to GOD. Oh! may you do and fare like him!
One, who had been a very wicked Man, dying in this Country, after the standers-by took him to be Dead, revived so far, as to start up in his Bed, & cry out, O! All Heaven rings with it; A Great and […] Old Sinner, coming to Heaven! As wicked as you have been, [wicked overmuch, and now to Die before your Time for being so!] yet before Tuesday night, Heaven, Heaven, will be filled with the High-praises of GOD, and there will be Joy among the Angels for your Arrival there!
And now,
First, Cole, Do you answer me distinctly; answer me to such Tings as these.
[The Answers, being mostly but words of Compliance, there will be no need of Reciting them, and Repeating them.]
'Tis by coming into the Covenant of GOD and of Grace, that you are to Lay hold on Eternal Life. Behold, the meaning of that Covenant, and the manner of coming into it.
You must apprehend, That the Eternal SON of GOD, has in a Covenant with His Eternal FATHER, engaged, That He will bring His People to Blessedness; — bring them to all the Good, which a GOD of Infinite Goodness, has purposed for them. You are apprehensive of This. —
One Thing Engaged by our Lord-REDEEMER, is, To offer up a Sacrifice unto Divine Justice to make Atonement for them; and undergo the sad Things which are due to them for their Sins, that so they may be delivered from them. And therewithal, To Obey the Law of GOD, and so ⟨p. 25⟩work out, and bring in a Righteousness, that shall be Reckoned Their's; for them to be dealt withal according to it. This is already done; Is it not?
Now, Do you Consent, unto This; To be Forgiven of GOD, on the account of the Sacrifice your SAVIOUR has presented for you?
Do you Consent unto This; To be Accepted with GOD, on the account of the Righteousness with which your SAVIOUR does furnish you? And, You have no other Hope! — no other Plea!
Well; But another Thing Engaged by our Lord-REDEEMER is, To make suitable Impressions on the Souls of His Chosen; To fill them with the Love of GOD and their Neighbour; To Heal all that is amiss in them;
Tho' you have been the Companions of Robbers, you shall then be the Companions of Angels; yea, you shall Inherit all things, and be Filled with all the Fulness of GOD. The Things to be done for you, are beyond what the Heart of Man can conceive.
You are not strangers to what we read of a Menasseh, ⟨p. 24⟩in his Chains, returning to GOD. Oh! may you do and fare like him!
One, who had been a very wicked Man, dying in this Country, after the standers-by took him to be Dead, revived so far, as to start up in his Bed, & cry out, O! All Heaven rings with it; A Great and 〈…〉 Old Sinner, coming to Heaven! As wicked as you have been, [wicked overmuch, and now to Dy before your Time for being so!] yet before Tuesday night, Heaven, Heaven, will be filled with the High-praises of GOD, and there will be Joy among the Angels for your Arrival there!
And now,
First, Cole, Do you answer me distinctly; answer me to such Tings as these.
[The Answers, being mostly but words of Compliance, there will be no need of Reciting them, and Repeting them.]
'Tis by coming into the Covenant of GOD and of Grace, that you are to Lay hold on Eternal Life. Behold, the meaning of that Covenant, and the manner of coming into it.
You must apprehend, That the Eternal SON of GOD, has in a Covenant with His Eternal FATHER, engaged, That He will bring His People to Blessedness; — bring them to all the Good, which a GOD of Infinite Goodness, has purposed for them. You are apprehensive of This. —
One Thing Engaged by our Lord-REDEEMER, is, To offer up a Sacrifice unto Divine Justice to make Atonement for them; and undergo the sad Things which are due to them for their Sins, that so they may be delivered from them. And therewithal, To Obey the Law of GOD, and so ⟨p. 25⟩work out, and bring in a Righteousness, that shall be Reckoned Their's; for them to be dealt withal according to it. This is already done; Is it not?
Now, Do you Consent, unto This; To be Forgiven of GOD, on the account of the Sacrifice your SAVIOUR has presented for you?
Do you Consent unto This; To be Accepted with GOD, on the account of the Righteousness with which your SAVIOUR does furnish you? And, You have no other Hope! — no other Plea!
Well; But another Thing Engaged by our Lord-REDEEMER is, To make suitable Impressions on the Souls of His Chosen; To fill them with the Love of GOD and their Neighbour; To Heal all that is amiss in them;
