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is accidentally the cauſe of many a ones ruine : Becauſe of mercy men preſume, and think they may go on in fn: But, ſhould'a Kings clemency make his fab-

| Fes rebel > The Plalmiſt faith, there 33 mercy with God, that he mu be feated, Pſal. 230.4. but not that 'we may fin. Canmen expe@& mercy by provoking ju- ſtice ? God will hardly fhew, thetn mer= &, who fin becauſe mercy abounds, 4 Imped. 2A ſaptne Will cottyer Repeuaare is looket” upto as a' tedious! thing; ant

. uchas requires much induſtry,” and men

" afe ſettled apon their lees, Ears hot [9

ſtir : They had rather go (leeping to Hell,

than weeping ro Heaven, Prov. 19. 24.

A flothful man hideth his hand: in his boſom ;

tie willnot be at the labour of ſariting or

US 004 14 eh aan. BF breaft*. Many will rather Tofe '& 44 z2rendter 13 Heaven, than ply, the oar, and

faboules.Thryſolt. 1 w thithet up3ti the waters of + :.- ” Repentance. We cannot have the world ©... crraphluerem, without labour and dili-

- = ence, and would we haye that which' is * Urroſa "dgſpini moreexcellent*? Sloth is the

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Ribus, & "Canker of the ſoul,Prov. 19.15:

alperls pots: cone Slothfulneſs caſts into a deep ſtrep.

Poets; when Mercury had caft Argus into - _ a ſleep,

It was a witty fiction of the - þ

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i; 2 Neep, and with an inchanted Rod' v8 cloſed his eyes, then he killed him." TE When Satan hath by his witcheries lull'd FF men .alleep. in floth, then he deſtroyes {7 then}. . Sore report, while thi Orotltas: 3]# di} Meeps with his mouth, opeh, the Indian: ={% Rat gets iats hisbelly,and eats Up his ett- = Þ- trails : So while men ſleep in fecurity; * ' they aredevoured. = pc | _. 5:Another bitxuCtion.of Repentance, 5 'mped- i OO SIedture of 61/2 2heſ. 2.1 5,

#0 take pleaſuge.m wnrighteouſntf. Sin is | a fugred, draught, but. mixed With poi- ,,

. ſon. ” The niger thinks there iis darger a in fin, but there is delight; and\rhe'dan-

ger oth hot 16 terrific hith, as" the de. ]

ght bewitcheth him. Plato calls "love ; |; of lin, a great Devil*, Delighting in fitr * "Magnus |*-. hardenstheheart.. . In true: Repentance P=2%, - + there muſt be a grieving for (in; but how,

; Can ane grieve for that which he loves.” - He who delights in fin can hardly pray dgamnlt it 3 his heart 1s ſo inveagled with _ fin, that he is afraid of leaving it tog

. ſOon.. Sampſon doted on Dalilabs beau- « gun. | ty, and her lap proved his grave. When rancun eſt © * | amanrolls iniquity 454 Swgared lunih whder Pot de- | . © . 43s tongue, it infatuates him, and is his ternum

- death at Hſt. Delight infin* 48a filken quadcu- |} —_— - _ \y

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; _ —Falſa inter gakdia nolem eginiumn* —— ; Worldly mirth is but like a feigeed loygh 6. Sor” it hath forrow following at the heels*; 4 :

: the Magitians Rod, it is inftantly turned

— into a Serpent : But divine Repeatance

Gus occu* like Sampjons Lion, hath an hony-camb 4

px. mit. Gods Kingdomcodſfiſts as well ig * joy, as in righteonſnef, Rom. 4:17. Nohe * | are ſo truly chearful aspenitent ones.

* Orid. _- Ef8 quedam flere voluptat——

and take it off from the fulſoth lees, of . fin. What is all earthly joy? it is but” Hilaris inſania, a pleaſant phrenſy. '

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The oyl of joy is poured chiefly intd a broken heart, Iſa. 61. 3. The ojl of joy for monrnaing, In the fields near Paleravo, grow great plenty of Reeds, iti which there is a (weet juice of which ſugar is nade : So in a penitent heart, which is the braiſed Reed, grow the ſugted joys of Gods Spirit. God turns the water of tears, into the juyceof the grape, which

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halter, 2 Sam. 2. 26: Will it not.bebitter. © weſf inthe latter end ?

6. At opinion that Repentance will take away our joy; but that is a miſtake; + ©; it doth not cr=cifie, but elarifie our joy, *

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exhilerates and makes glad the heart. Who ſhould tejoyce if not the repenting ſoul? he is heir to all the Promiſes, and is not that matter of joy? God dwells ina contrite heart, and muft there not

Heedsbe' jby there ? Iſa. 55.17. I dwell

wHb 2 condrite "ſpirit. "fo revive the heart of 'the coirAae ones, Repentance doth not take awzaza Chriſtians muſick, but raiſe-

eth NY: - a, Note higher, and makes it

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rum nupqueſy gritor ſerenirare ſplendere, quando gratia comp...

amaricavzrir & lachrymis ora perfuderir, G.,//, *

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7: Anotfier obſtacle'of Repentance is, defpondeney of mind. Ol ſaith a finner, It is avain thing for me to ſet upon Re- pentance 3 my fins are of that magnitude, that there is no hope for me*,. Jer. 18.

I2. Return ye now every one from his

Il evil, way, ard they ſaid, there 4s no hope.