CHRISTIAN LEADERS OF THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY

  ( CHAPTER  4 )  -  { PT.  20 } - Do not turn your backs. Do not let the devil hurry you away. Do not be afraid of convictions. Do not think worse of the doctrine because it is preached outside the church walls. Our Lord, in the days of His flesh, preached on a mount, in a ship, and in a field, and I am convinced that many have felt His gracious presence here. Indeed, we speak what we know. Do not therefore reject the kingdom of God against yourselves. Be so wise as to receive our testimony. I cannot, I will not, let you go. Stay a little while and let us reason together. However lightly you might esteem your souls I know that our Lord has set an inestimable value on them. He thought them worthy of His most precious blood. I urge you, therefore, O sinners, be reconciled to God. I hope you do not fear being accepted in the Beloved. Behold, He calls you. Behold, He follows you with His mercy and has sent forth His servants into the highways and hedges to compel y...