sharpest arrows stick in you, yet if he give you Repentance, and Remission, you are happy for e∣ver, and he offers you by these means; and this is unspeakable kindness.
2. It is joy and happiness which this Repentance leads to. There is bitterness in it, shame, sorrow, mourn∣ing, severity, cutting off right hands, &c. But all this is to bring you into the favour of God, settle your peace with him, and promove your blessed∣ness: and who would not undergo this for such an advantage? Psal. 126. 5.
3. If you remain obstinate, you will certainly perish. You are upon probation for eternal state, and as you carry your selves, so it will be determined: if you yield not to God, and come over, there is nothing but destruction abides you, Isa. 1. 19, 20.
2. To the Children of God, who are under any falls, and God is using means to recover you, take this advice; Consider,
1. God is specially dishonoured by your falls. The Sins of his Children give greatest occasion of the blas∣••heming of his Name: if you fall, and wound your profession, you open the mouths of the ungodly: and you sin against more of Gods goodness and singular kindness than others.
2. You can in no other way glorify God in this case•• ••f you do not stoop, and take shame to your selves, ••ou cannot recover the dishonour you have done ••im by your fall: there is no other way to rise, ••nd therefore till it come to this, you do but wal∣••w in your filth.
3. It is Gods singular love to you, that he useth