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do with; we ſerve ſuch a great Lord, that all the mo- archs of the world are beggars to him: and ſuch a gra- ous Father is our God, that the tendereſt parents in the orld, and your deareſt friends are tyrants, yea, wolves, d tygers compared to him. And if we ſhould provoke jem, as we provoke him, and they could as eaſily cruſh as God can, we would quickly find that their tendereſt yercies are cruelty; whereas the ſeveral providences of God II be to thee, not like the gall of aſps, bitter and deadly, t like God's rhubarb and aloes, by which thine iniquity ll be purged, and all the fruit of it ball he to take pay thy ſin; and though for the preſent the afflicting band God upon thee, is not joyous, but grievous, yet if thou art reifi thereby, it will bring forth in thee the quiet fruit of leibtesufrefs. Lay aſide therefore your fears of hell, and d thoughts of God. C But now, to add no more particulars, let me exhort you, all that hear ne, to come to our Lord Jeſus Chriſt, Heever oppoſition from hell ſtands in your way; and al' the devil ſhould throw you down and tear you as you ternal coming, yet Chriſt will lift you up, and heal you. Oh! it offends the world at our Lord Jeſus? Will you tell irst ſinner, what ails you at Chriſt? What diſobliges you and is perſon? Is he not the brightness of his Father's glo- and the chief among ten thouſand? Is he not the Roſe er varadiſe, the Heart of heaven? What ails you at his es? Is he not a Prophet, that can teach you; a Prieſt, can atone for you; a King, that can conquer for you? What ails you at his relations? Is he not a Shepherd to you; a Phyſician, to heal you; a Father, to pity you; o huſband, to cheriſh you?-What ails you at his doing, dulfil the law for you: or his dying, to ſatisfy juſtice rou?- What ails you at his yoke! is not his yoke eaſy be this burden light? His ways pleaſantneſs and his paths ?-What ails you at his grace and glory? hat ails you at him, Sirs? O! is he not worth your though you ſhould run through hell, to come to Is there not a heart in all this company that would se at him. Alas! would you rather go to the devil come to Chriſt! That a comely Jeſus cannot get two Veree hearts in all this company, O pity, pity! and a and pities, that the beauty of the God-head cannot