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Show cEriflittnl exh#rted to Arife, COIIJC4W4Jo going its rounds, it hath had its time fn Afia and Afric<~, and is, no more hear~ there; It hO!h had it~ long time in Europe, it hath be:n a long tune Judged to be palling towards Amuica.----Thcy have the Gofpel-time as well as we. when the Turtle paffeth, the ordtnary means of your Salvation pa(feth: however., t am fore J'Ou are aves migratm.e, whtn the Gofpel 01all pars 1 cannot tell you ; I am fure it will not be long before you will pafs. It may be theTYmter IS upon fome of your facn,gray hairs here and there yet the volC~ of the Turtle i1 heard, 0 Arif' and come a"'ay! ' . ~ - Conhder, Your Arifing il for your [<If, your coming""'") "for your""'" good. If you refolve to go to hell, God will have his glory en you; what profit !hall he have if you. convert and be faved ~ what lofs if you go on in yout fins and be damned ? You thar 1n worldly concerns und~rlland your intercll, and will •not ne.glect;, Oh !bat at lcaft ;,. tl>ir j our day you rPOuld k,_no"' the tlnngr, t~t thmg1 that beloH' t1 your peace, before they be bid ~om yourcyet. You have a day? and but a day, and yet a day af.. ttr all your rditlances, yet Chrall fays to you A rife and come 0 to day, w,hilt_it it caUed h day, harden not your heartr, left the 'Lord fl:Peur "' hu."'ratb, you fila II neve~ enter into his Rell. But pofll~ ly_ y6u wtll fay, C~n. we then ari[<andcome. But to this God Wtlltng I !hall fpeak tn my• next Exercife. In the Jail place,I fpeak unto you that are the cbildmlafGad: my words are the fame, . they are Chrills.'~ords to his Spoufe, Arif' and came 4rPay; Anfe from your fPmtualfleep; A rife from youf more zmpe~ftlJ txercif's of grace, and come away to a further dtgree m holme[s. I m i nd~d you in my lafl Exercife of the mercy afGad to Ul ; our Wmter ts pall, our Rainy-,.,e4tbtr is over and gone; how foon the Clouds may again return after Rain how foon the Winter may a~ain return upon us I cannot tell you' (You know that all our years in the World are made up of Wint~rs as well as S~tmmers:) but ar prefent rhe Wtnter i1 genr, the Rai~y~ ea r h e r. ts pafl. I have now told you, that God hath an expechttcn upon you that you lhould Ari/e11nd come away not only c0me to the publick., Ajfombiiu which God hath now o~ened even ~~ thofe of you that are molt fcrupulous of your religious Commu· nron. N<;>t come unto Chrift; (I fpe2k to thofe of whom I prefume riat yon are a<1f<n from the death of fin, and are come to Chrill by a true repcntan_ce, ~nrl ~ true b~lievlng ; but though you be thus <Ofllf, yet your mOtiOn IS not fim(hed, nuU~ diuturnitilf Dtii (faith B<r· " Brrn~rd) ubi officii & operil urg_t~lfior e~git nect/fltM, ~e have no. time to lit llill in our way ro Heaven , no kifure to be idle : your mod on is t~wards Heaven ; Oh m1ke now fome progrefs ! r. L it not eno11gb (in the ·tirll place) to teU'!)'oH, that at fu ,b a time M tbiJ God loak,_etb f or it at)"" band1. Gods expeCl:ations fo~ duty rife upon us,as his mercies are encreafcd toward us, To whom ;,,,.cbil give~,ofhimrnuchfh•U be reqt~ired,Brethren,God hath Chewed you a great deal of mercy: Oh that you would thin II that h€ now expechth from you a great deal of duty! God h11h heard yo~.r prayers ; for this Libe.ry you prayed, a·nd God heara you; wtll you not fay with HanHab , This liberty !hall be improved for God? I tell you the Lord expeCl:eth it at your hands. 2. And do1h nor the very nature of his mercy efPrciaUy c~q to yo~ for it? God hath not lill'd your B1rns with plenty, your Preffts do not burn out with new Win·e; ·you have ret fo me thiug-o~ the bread of Af!l1Cl:ion to ear, and of the water of Affiielion to drink. Tr•ding i1 dead: Oh I but your Pa/1or1 are not removed into carncr~. This is a fpiritual mercy, though me rciesofanorhe~natuJ;C would. have obliged, yet a mercy of this nature d<(th m_,,ch m~re, becaufc it hath an immediate afpeCl: upon your Souls, an nnmedtate lendency to your i111prov~ment jn holinef~ . To fum Uf'Y" •tt a word then: Js there any of you who In this time that the publick Watch hath been much Oighted; your Pallors have nor had thofc opportunities to wv ch overtheir flo<;ks,l] ave alfoJiuro/ired. •nd ~pt, and negleeled that private watch which y,ou !houl~ ,more ex~CIJ\Y have kept over your thoughts, p•l)ions,eorrupt Alf: sriqns ~ . 1\~ve you laid your. [elf down upon your beds of Security .;,,anp t~ken your eafe too mochas to the ex.ercj(i:s of Morti,lifFiPn? N<;>IV the Lord calleth to you to Arifc from thi1 bed of 8>rcu.rjry •n<l N>g· ligence, to f(-inforce your Watch, and th4~ tp 'llme,u,<ro hi>n · i.n nearer ana llriCl:er deg'\'<~S of holi pj: f~, to walk clpfer. );Vit)l G.ofl than of,lareypu have don,e. Oh ·lha! .you WO}il<\.Jlear ':t9 ~~ B.•/P.· v,d. fpeaking .to you,by his Provid,ene.JS !his da~:, (lri(c,.t!',d fOfll~! Again, Is ti)ere aoy of you wh~ !)_ave peen tq ~ fr<Fr wit/> t~< Jf>orld whiles you have wanted that former pu bl ick Comm\111ifjn . with God .whi~l;!, you bave enjoy<d , .andA!'Ili' )l ~[ually.{p fil,r infll• enc~thGosls, chijdren , a> to takt't~ e m olf toq e~g;r. wl't)dl,); puf· fuirs > hath the World taken .up roo IPany of.,t~o[« tlJ,Qughr s,.ncl words which {hppld have been fpen( JJ)> O n.bf H CJq~! Aert's, lf!aih It |