4. The Substance of this Call, or the Thing the Lord calls unto, is to come unto him: For there is a more common Calling (or as some Term it a particular Calling) of Men, as some to the Masters or Servants, 1 Cor. 7.20, 21, 24. or to Office in Church or Common-wealth, as Aaron, Heb. 5.4. and the Voice there is to attend unto their Work to which they are called. There is also a remote End of Vocation, which is to Holiness, 1 Thes. 4.7. and ⟨p. 165⟩unto Glory also, 2 Thes. 2.14. Phil. 3.14. But we now speak of more special Calling, the next End of which is to come unto Christ, the Soul hath lived many Years without him, the Lord Jesus will now have the lost Prodigal to come home, to come to him: The Soul is weary and heavy laden, and the Lord Jesus could Ease it without its Coming to him: But this is his Will, he must come to him for it: Matth. 11.27. Jer. 3.7, 22. I said after she had done these Things, Turn unto me, come unto me ye back-sliding Children, and I will heal your Back-slidings. Jer. 4.1. If thou returnest, return unto me. This Voice, Come unto me, is one of the sweetest Words that Christ can speak, or Man can hear, full of Majesty, Mercy, Grace, and Peace: A poor Sinner thinks; Will the Lord ever put up such Wrongs as I have offered him, heal such a Nature, take such a Viper into his Bosom? Do any Thing for me? If there be but one in the World to be forsaken, is it not I? The Lord therefore comes and calls, Come unto me, and I will pardon all thy Sins, I will heal all thy Back-slidings, I will be angry no more, Jer. 3.12, 13. Tho' thou hast committed Whoredom with many Lovers, yet return unto me, saith the Lord, Jer. 3.1. Tho' thou hast resisted my Spirit, refused my Grace, wearied me with thine Iniquities, yet come unto me, and this will make me amends; I require nothing of thee else but to come, Isai. 55.1, 2. For God's Call is out of free Grace, Gal. 1.6. and therefore calls for no more but only to come up and possess the Lord's Fullness, Luke 14.17. 1 Cor. 1.9.
4. The Substance of this Call, or the Thing the Lord calls unto, is to come unto him: For there is a more common Calling (or as some Term it a particular Calling) of Men, as some to the Masters or Servants, 1 Cor. 7.20, 21, 24. or to Office in Church or Common-wealth, as Aaron, Heb. 5.4. and the Voice there is to attend unto their Work to which they are called. There is also a remote End of Vocation, which is to Holiness, 1 Thes. 4.7. and ⟨p. 165⟩unto Glory also, 2 Thes. 2.14. Phil. 3.14. But we now speak of more special Calling, the next End of which is to come unto Christ, the Soul hath lived many Years without him, the Lord Jesus will now have the lost Prodigal to come home, to come to him: The Soul is weary and heavy laden, and the Lord Jesus could Ease it without its Coming to him: But this is his Will, he must come to him for it: Matth. 11.27. Jer. 3.7, 22. I said after she had done these Things, Turn unto me, come unto me ye back-sliding Children, and I will heal your Back-slidings. Jer. 4.1. If thou returnest, return unto me. This Voice, Come unto me, is one of the sweetest Words that Christ can speak, or Man can hear, full of Majesty, Mercy, Grace, and Peace: A poor Sinner thinks; Will the Lord ever put up such Wrongs as I have offered him, heal such a Nature, take such a Viper into his Bosom? Do any Thing for me? If there be but one in the World to be forsaken, is it not I? The Lord therefore comes and calls, Come unto me, and I will pardon all thy Sins, I will heal all thy Back-slidings, I will be angry no more, Jer. 3.12, 13. Tho' thou hast committed Whoredom with many Lovers, yet return unto me, saith the Lord, Jer. 3.1. Tho' thou hast resisted my Spirit, refused my Grace, wearied me with thine Iniquities, yet come unto me, and this will make me amends; I require nothing of thee else but to come,
