1. I say unto you , Repent : Because Jes●● Christ hath commanded you under great Pena●●ties , if you do not . Consider a little ( O Sinner who 't is that calls for Repentance : It is not but the great God ; it is Jesus Christ ; and doub●● less Christ would never have pressed you to th● Work , if it were not necessary . He saith un●● you , Repent ; and saith again , If you do no● your Sins shall not be blotted out . Woe be unto th●● Man or Woman that repenteth not , better were that he had never been born , that he ha● never , seen the Light : The Parents that ba●● thee , they may Repent that ever thou wert bo●● It would grieve your Parents to see you ca●●ried to the Gallows to be hanged : And will not much more grieve them , to see you ca●● Body and Soul , into everlasting Burnings , the● to be tormented with the Devil and his Ang●● for ever .

2. Repent , for Christ hath encouraged y●● with many precious Promises : He will heal 〈◊〉 your back-slidings , and love you freely ; thou● your Sins be as Mountains , he will make th●● as Mole Hills ; though as red as Scarlet , he 〈◊〉 make them as white as Milk .

But some will object , and say , This is a h●● work . What! shall we always go with Tears our Eyes ? What will God give us for our 〈◊〉 ward ?

Ah , poor Sinner , fear not , do not quest●● your Reward : For as sure as God is true , so 〈◊〉 thou shalt have Christ , Heaven , and Glory , 〈◊〉 ●appy for ever . Sinners , methinks it should ●●e you to quake , to think how God will deal 〈◊〉 you at the great and dreadful day of Judg●●t , when he shall say , ' Take him Devils , ●●d him hand and foot , and fling him into ●●erlasting burnings ; where shall be weeping , ●●d wailing , and gnashing of Teeth . Oh , it is a ●●dful Sentence , to be adjudged to Everlasting 〈◊〉 ; and look for it Sinner , if thou wilt not re●●t , these are the Words that thou shalt hear ●●ist pronounce against thee , Depart from me , I 〈◊〉 you not . And thou may'st be sure ( O Sinner ) ●ou art not with Christ , thou must be with the ●●il , thou must be either in Heaven or Hell . 〈◊〉 . Repent , because the Lord hath long wait●pon you : How long hath God stood at the ●●●rs of your Hearts , wooing and beseeching 〈◊〉 to Repent ? How long ( O thou proud Man Woman , ) hath God called unto thee ? How ●●n hath he knocked at your hard Hearts ? 〈◊〉 you would not let him in . Oh , thou grey●●ded Sinner , God hath long waited on thee , ●●ay be , ever since thou was Fifteen or Sixteen ●●rs of Age , to see if thou wouldest repenr , 〈◊〉 2.4 . Or despisest thou the Richess of his ●●odness , and Forbearance , and Long-suffer●●● not knowing that the Goodness of God ●deth thee to Repentance ? There is not a ●●ssing that thou hast from God , but it hath 〈◊〉 writ upon it , Repent of thy Sins . Wilt thou ●●●k of this ? when God puts the Bread into 〈◊〉 Hands , he saith unto thee , Sinner , Take this Bread , Eat , and Repent : And when God the Cup of Beer into thy Hands , he saith ●●thee , Sinner , take this Cup of Beer , and ●●pent : When thou risest in the Morning , saith unto thee , Sinner , take this Suit●● Cloaths , put it on , and Repent : Every M●●● that thou receivest from God , calls to thee Repentance .

4. If you will Repent , and leave your S●●● God will not be angry with you . My belo●● you have heard the Parable of the Prodi●● Son , who when he had spent all , he retur● home to his Father's House : So , my Belo●● God is your Father , but you are Prodigals : the Sin you have committed against him , is ●●●digality . But let me tell you , if you are ●●●ling to come to God's Feet , he will take about the Neck : If you are willing to for●●● your sins , God is willing and ready to pa●● your Sins , though you have been a wicked , bellious , and sinful People ; yet if you will 〈◊〉 to the Lord , he will turn to you .

5. Repent , because the Lord sendeth Messenger unto you , for to intreat you to ●●pent . Woe be unto you , therefore , if ●●neglect this great Salvation . You know , th●● was one main Reason why God took away Prophets and Ministers from Jerusalem , bec●●● they would not hearken to their Messeng●● as you may read , Mat : 23 : 37 : 38 : 39. O ●●rusalem ! Jerusalem ! thou that killest the 〈◊〉 phets , & stonest them that were sent unto 〈◊〉 How often would I have gathered thy Children together , even as a Hen gathereth her Chickens under her Wings , and ye would not ? Behold , your Houses are left unto you ●esolat . For I say unto you , ye shall not ●●ee me henceforth , till ye shall say , Blessed ●●●s he that cometh in the Name of the Lord . ●●ay very well apply this to Edinburgh : Oh! ●●w often would the Lord have gathered you , ●●●en as a Hen gathereth her Chickens ? but 〈◊〉 would not . What say you now , Scotland ? 〈◊〉 Edinburgh ! will you Repent ? Or will you not ? ●●ill not all this that hath been said , prevail ●●th you ? Alas , I am heartily sorry , to see ●●at nothing will prevail with you , but the ●●ames of Hell ! Oh , then you would say , Oh! we had but hearkened unto the voice of God's ●●essengers , that were sent unto us , to call us 〈◊〉 Repentance .

6. O Scotland ! Repent to day , and turn to ●●●e Lord : O delay not an Hour longer , time ●●●a precious Jewel , more worth than the whole ●orld , and if Time be once lost , there is no ●●gaining of it . O fall down upon your Knees , ●nd bless God that you have yet the Light of ●●e Gospel , and that you have time left to se●ure your Souls , and get an Interest in Jesus Christ .

First , Consider how dreadful it will be to you , when you come to die , if you do not Re●ent and turn to the Lord , while you are in health . O how will you cry out , when your Hour of Death approaches , when you 〈◊〉 all the things of the Earth fail you , and 〈◊〉 their leaves of you for ever . All your out●●●● Enjoyments , Parts , Parentage , Birth , ●●●ding , Wealth , Crowns , Kingdoms , 〈◊〉 Diamonds , Houses , Lands , Wife , Child●●● and Friends , when once your Breath is gon●● these are gone , Prov: 27.24 . Hear now 〈◊〉 you that are given to pleasure , that feast ●●●●selves in doing evil ; you that put far from 〈◊〉 the Day of the Lord ; you that say , It is 〈◊〉 enough to Repent , when we come to die . Fools , How do you know whether God give you Repentance then , or no ?

Sirs , I beseech you , Repent , while it is 〈◊〉 led to Day ; for you know not whether 〈◊〉 shall live till to morrow .

O consider with a trembling Heart , 〈◊〉 much depends upon this Repenting , and ●●●ing to God ; namely the gaining or lo●ing 〈◊〉 dear and precious Soul , gaining or losin● 〈◊〉 God's Favour , the Fruition of God , the 〈◊〉 of Heaven , or the Torments or Sorrows of 〈◊〉 depend upon it . Poor Souls , I pity you 〈◊〉 my very Heart , to see how ignorant you ar● 〈◊〉 so great Concernments ; you Eat and D●●●● Sleep , Lye , Sell , and get Gain in the Wo●●● but little do you mind to accumulate Heave●●● Treasure , to get your sinking Souls safe a-sh●●●● You consider not the evil day : Woe be unto 〈◊〉 that is alone in Life , and alone in Death , 〈◊〉 has no Christ to befriend him , or stand by hi● 〈◊〉 day , that cometh to lie down in his Grave , ●●●hout Peace or Pardon , without hearty Con●●●●ion , without Repenting of his Sins : And ●●ll rise again , and stand at the Bar of God's ●●ice , without an Advocat to plead for him . 〈◊〉 . And Lastly , Try your Repentance by 〈◊〉 word of God ; see whether it be true Re●●●tance , or no ; for the Devil hath many ●●●eats : search your own Hearts , to see whe●●●r those Sins you formerly loved , be now ●●ed and shunned by you .

Make ready for the other World ; think up●● the other World , think upon Death and ●●●gment : Death , that King of Terrors , will , 〈◊〉 long , terminate your Days , and then all 〈◊〉 Opportunities will be gone for ever . Let 〈◊〉 ask you , as in the presence of the Great ●●ge of Quick and Dead , at whose Tribunal 〈◊〉 must all shortly stand , and ( giving an Ac●●●nt of your Deeds ) be either received up in●● Heaven , or plunged into Hell . I have some ●●●ries to ask you .

First , Are not they in a very happy Conditi●●●hat ( Repenting ) turns to the Lord with 〈◊〉 whole Hearts ; living a Life of Grace , and 〈◊〉 preparing for Death , for fear of losing ●●●r own Souls , being in a hazard of losing ●●ven ? Rom. 8.7 . Ps. 37.37 .

●●condly , Do you believe that Death will 〈◊〉 , and that Sin , that cursed thing , will 〈◊〉 , and that the Gase of all impenitent Sin●●●● at the Hour of Death will be sad and terrible and desperate ? Let me say to all 〈◊〉 there is not a Night you ly down in your but you run a very great hazard , if Death 〈◊〉 call , and you not ready , you must go , th●● you are ruin'd to all eternity , though y●● damned for ever , Mat. 25.10 , 11 , 12 ,

Thirdly , Can you cheerfully entertain●● thoughts of Death , and Judgement , all hard hearted Sinners , that have not Repe●● Suppose the dreadfull Judge should at th●●stant send Death with the Names of Five Six of you in a Writ , or Fore-head , and 〈◊〉 should say , You , and you , this Man , and Woman , must go along with me ; I ha●ceived a Command from the great and te●● God , who hath the Power of Death Hell , to bring you this Day , or Night , 〈◊〉 the Judgment Seat : I have often warne●● by sending my Deputies this Ten or T●●● Years . Every Grave , and Coffin you seen , was so many Imitations of my co●●● Now , saith Death , I am come , see my this Dart must kill thy Body , and send th●● into Eternity , I command you this mom●● bid adieu to this World , Luk. 12.19 , 20. can you think of your dying , and the W●● burning , the Trumpets sounding , the Corps raising , and standing at the 〈◊〉 God's Justice , and not fear and tremble●● that have not Repented : you , So●● Daughters of Pleasure , did you consider●● horror and astonishment doggs you at the ●ich will inevitably come upon you , as Tra●●l on a Woman with Child , you would no 〈◊〉 unto God , depart .

Fourthly , And lastly , Oh , what a killing 〈◊〉 amazing sight will Christ's coming in the ●●uds be , to all that either deny his coming , or ●●d not prepare for it by speed Repentance : ●●s Incarnation was terrible , Mat. 2 : 3. His ●●ucifixion was more terrible , Luk 13.44 , 45 , 〈◊〉 47 , 48. But his judging the World at the ●●eat Day , will be most terrible , then shall the sibes of the Earth mourn , Mat : 24.30 . And 〈◊〉 shall cry to the Rocks to fall on them , 〈◊〉 6.15.16 . When they shall see so many ●●ousands , and Millions of Men and Women ●●gged down to that burning Lake of Fire and ●●mstone , there to be tormented for ever : How ●●l they then cry , Oh that we had Repented , ●●y will howl for vexation of Spirit , and in the ●●erness of their Souls wish that they had ne●● heard of a Christ ; that they had been born ●●ong Heathens , or never had a Being , or en●●ed a Life of Pleasure upon Earth . How 〈◊〉 the wretched Sinner beat his Breast , pluck ●his Hair , tear his Bowels , crying when he is 〈◊〉 Hopes , Oh that I had now no Soul , or that 〈◊〉 immortal Soul were mortal , that I might not ●●ormented in these dreadful flames for ever : ●●ll , Sinner , you see what your Doom will be , ●ou do not Repent ; but if you Repent un●●nedly , and be the Servants of the Lord , 〈◊〉 Saints and Mourners in Sion , lift up your Heads ; and Hearts ; for you belong to a●● Place , and a better Country , viz Moun●● and to the City of the Living God , the ●●venly Jerusalem , and to the innumerable pany of Angels the General Assembl● Church of the First-born , which are 〈◊〉 in Heaven , and to God , the Judge of 〈◊〉 to the Spirits of just Men made perfec● to Jesus the Mediator of the New Co●● and to the Blood of Sprinkling , that sp●● better things than that of Abel , Heb. 〈◊〉 23 , 24. And know that you are almos● within the hearing of those heavenly 〈◊〉 Eternal Triumphs , and Halleujahs of Sa●● glorious Angels in your Fathers House , there shall be Fulness of Joy , and P●● for evermore , Ps. 16.11 . As the Sinn● be afflicted with Everlasting Forments Saints shall be crowned with perpett●● dems of Joy .

Consider what I have spoken , and 〈◊〉 give you understanding in all things , 〈◊〉 you , Nay : but except ye Repent , ye shall wise perish .