plish it! Would I not do it? The Lord knows, if any lawful and honest means would accomplish it I would do it, if I know my own heart. But if Christ could not be heard, why should I wonder if many will make light of what is said by such an one as I. If they will not hear the Lord that made them speaking in his word, why should I wonder if they will not hear him speaking by such a worm as I? Sinners, what shall I say more to you? I have told you of an everlasting glory which you might have; if you will set light by it, and prefer your worldly things before it, who can help it? I have told you of eternal misery that you are in danger of; if you will venture on it, and not believe it till you feel it, and are past remedy, who can help it? I have proved to you from the word of God, that without conversion there is no salvation: if you dare go on in an unconverted state, and keep your sin, and follow your fleshly desires and delights, and your worldly vanities and wicked company, if you will not be drawn to the ways of God, what remedy? I have delivered my message, and I hope God will not require your blood at my hands. You shall all be forced to bear me witness that I told you there was no salvation without conversion; and that I manifested to you the reasonableness of the offers of God: and if you be not converted, it is because you would not: and what a torment it will be everlastingly to your consciences to think that you wilfully damned yourselves, and to think that you wilfully refused your salvation; and that you might have been in heaven as well as others, if you had not wilfully and obstinately rejected it. I say, what tormenting thoughts these will prove to you everlastingly, you cannot possibly now conceive, but then you shall know and feel it, if true conversion do not prevent it. Which that it may do, as it hath been the end of all these sermons, so shall it now, and as long as I have life and strength, be the matter of my prayers for you.

THE END OF THE TREATISE OF CONVERSION.

A CALL

TO THE

UNCONVERTED

ΤΟ

TURN AND LIVE,

AND ACCEPT OF MERCY WHILE MERCY MAY BE HAD, AS EVER THEY WOULD FIND MERCY IN THE DAY OF THEIR EXTREMITY:

FROM THE LIVING GOD.

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

FORMS OF PRAYER FOR MORNING AND EVENING FOR A FAMILY, FOR A PENITENT SINNER, AND FOR THE LORD'S DAY,

PREFACE.

was.

IN that short acquaintance I had with that reverend learned servant of Christ, Bishop Usher, he was oft, from first to last, importuning me to write a Directory for the several ranks of professed Christians, which might distinctly give each one their portion; beginning with the unconverted, and then proceeding to the babes in Christ, and then to the strong; and mixing some special helps against the several sins that they are addicted to. By the suddenness of his motion at our first congress, I perceived it was in his mind before; and I told him, both that it was abundantly done by many already; and that his unacquaintedness with my weakness, might make him think me fitter for it than I But this did not satisfy him, but still he made it his request. I confess I was not moved by his reasons, nor did I apprehend any great need of doing more than is done in that way nor that I was likely to do more. And, therefore, I parted from him without the least purpose to answer his desire. But since his death, his words often came into my mind; and the great reverence I bore to him, did the more incline me to think with some complacency of his motion. And having of late intended to write a " Family Directory," I began to apprehend how congruously the forementioned work should lead the way; and the several conditions of men's souls be spoken of, before we come to the several relations. Hereupon I resolved, by God's assistance, to proceed in the order following. First, to speak to the impenitent, unconverted sinners, who are not yet so much as purposing to turn; or at least are not setting about the work. And with these, I thought, a wakening persuasive was a more necessary means than mere directions; for directions suppose men willing to obey them. But the per