VII. Tell me, & let Conscience judge & let but Reason speak and give the Answer, Hast not thou spent time enough in Sin already, and yet wilt thou […] no haste to leave thy Sin? Tell me, Sinner, is the Devils Work so good, and his Wages so desirable, and is the Devil so kind a Master […] […] that thou art so loth to have […] Service, and to come away▪ […] the Service of thy Sin, to the Service of God? […] what did the Devil ever […] or ever give upon thee thou […] so […] his Service […] ask thee, What is thy Name? How long since thou wast born? How old art thou? One may say ⟨p. 88⟩Sixteen, another Twenty, another Thirty, it may be some Threescore, What, and graceless still! Out of Christ still! Is not Thirty, Forty, Threescore Years a great while to live in danger of Hell? You Young Men, when you have served your Seven Years time, you expect to be made Free, & will you live twice Seven, three times Seven, five times Seven, in the service of the Devil, and think it not time now to be made Free? O think, Have I served sin twenty years, forty years, and is it not long enough of all Reason? Ay, long enough beyond all reason. Ay Sirs, how long will it be before you turn? God thinks the time long, and Christ thinks the time long, and the Spirit of God thinks the time long, and Ministers think the time long, and all your godly Friends, your godly Relations would fain have your Souls Converted, and Saved, Prov. I. See there how Christ thinks it long till you come to him. v. 21. 22 Wisdom (that is) Christ […] out in the chief places, in the opening of the Gates of the City, How long ye simple and will ye love your Simplicity, and Fo•ls kate Knowledge? &c. Psa 4. 2. O ye Sons of Men, How long will ye turn my Glory into ⟨p. 89⟩shame? Jer. 30. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, wilt not thou be made clean, when will it once be? So God says to thee; Woe to thee thou Drunkard, thou Swearer, thou Unclean Wretch; wilt not thou be made clean, when will it once be?
VII. Tell me, & let Conscience judge & let but Reason speak and give the Answer, Hast not thou spent time enough in Sin already, and yet wilt thou 〈…〉 no haste to leave thy Sin? Tell me, Sinner, is the Devils Work so good, and his Wages so desirable, and is the Devil so kind a Master 〈…〉 〈…〉 that thou art so loth to have 〈…〉 Service, and to come away▪ 〈…〉 the Service of thy Sin, to the Service of God? 〈…〉 what did the Devil ever 〈…〉 or ever give upon thee thou 〈…〉 so 〈…〉 his Service 〈…〉 ask thee, What is thy Name? How long since thou wast born? How old art thou? One may say ⟨p. 88⟩Sixteen, another Twenty, another Thirty, it may be some Threescore, What, and graceless still! Out of Christ still! Is not Thirty, Forty, Threescore Years a great while to live in danger of Hell? You Young Men, when you have served your Seven Years time, you expect to be made Free, & will you live twice Seven, three times Seven, five times Seven, in the service of the Devil, and think it not time now to be made Free? O think, Have I served sin twenty years, forty years, and is it not long enough of all Reason? Ay, long enough beyond all reason. Ay Sirs, how long will it be before you turn? God thinks the time long, and Christ thinks the time long, and the Spirit of God thinks the time long, and Ministers think the time long, and all your godly Friends, your godly Relations would fain have your Souls Converted, and Saved, Prov. I. See there how Christ thinks it long till you come to him. v. 21. 22 Wisdom (that is) Christ 〈…〉 out in the chief places, in the opening of the Gates of the City, How long ye simple and will ye love your Simplicity, and Fo•ls kate Knowledge? &c. Psa 4. 2. O ye Sons of Men, How long will ye turn my Glory into ⟨p. 89⟩shame? Jer. 30. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem, wilt not thou be made clean, when will it once be? So God says to thee; Wo to thee thou Drunkard, thou Swearer, thou Unclean Wretch; wilt not thou be made clean, when will it once be?
