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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91651	The Repenting sinner pardoned being a brief relation of the wicked life, and penitent pious death of James Wilson of Wolverhampton in Stafford-shire, who died February 21. 1668 / made publick by such as were ear and eye witnesses of the same, for a warning to such as live ungodly.	Wilson, James, d. 1668.	1669 (1669)	Wing R1046C; ESTC R42561	8,330	31

all his discourse he did not speak any idle or impertinent word The Minister told him he could not in two words help him to make his Election sure but must discourse with him first about many things And asked him why he did doubt of his salvation for most of the ungedly think they are sure of it He answered Because he had been so wicked a sinner as ever breathed and I fear there is no mercy for me The Minister said That all will cry out they are sinners when affliction is on them when they are convinced of the evil of no particular sin yea but said he I have been a wicked Drunkard and a Sabbath breaker and a prophane Swearer and every one of these fins torment my soul Oh good Sir tell me what shall I do for salvation I would not cast this poor soul into eternal misery if I could escape it Canst thou willingly leave these sins said he as well as grieve for them Oh if God would spare me and give me time to live in the world All should know that I would never sin as I have done said he Hast thou no hope that thy soul may be saved from the sin that is past Answer Said he all my hope is in the mercy of God and the Prayers of good people Then the Minister said That God was a mercifull God and full of bowels to poor sinners but he had no saving mercy now to such as were under the Gospel and out of Jesus Christ for he that made us will not save us but on the account of satisfaction to his Justice by Jesus Christ and it is now in Christ that thou must have redemption and through his blood the remission of thy sins Thou must look upon God in Christ who is God and man and expect redemption in his blood and his blood only After this he wonderfully cryed our for redemption in the blood of Christ and mercy in Christ and then none but Christ would serve that Christ seemed to be formed in him and all his Discourse and Prayers savoured of Christ ever after The Minister asked him why he had such a desire to see him and speak with him that he never saw before neither did care for such as he the other day Because said he I hear you area good man and willing to teach the way of salvation and though I never saw your face till now yet if I live I will be still where you are for you comfort my soul What thoughts have you of your Companions in sin now and why do you not desire their Company Oh saith he they come not to me now but those that do come by the grace of God I will warn them to take heed of sin And when any did come near he would ask who 's there such a one yea then he would say Get Christ get Christ Oh repent of sin make sure of Christ with such seriousness and life that it moved the people much that heard him He asked the Minister if he thought he had time enough to repent in for he said he was just dying now and he thought it was too short and that God would not accept it He told him that if it were true it was long enough The Thief on the Cross was but a little while in repentance and yet he was in Heaven The soul may turn from sin in a short time and turn to God in as short Repentance is but a means the Minister told him also that if his heart was so grieved for sin and afflicted that he could wllingly turn from leave and abhorr sin and as heartily embrace Christ Jesus and an holy life then his repentance was long enough if he did now leave the world and God would accept it and bade him tronble himself more about the truth of his repentance than the time of it or length of it At which he seemed satisfied for he said still he did repent for sin with all the powers of his soul The Minister prayed with him and he would earnestly repeat some Petitions after him After Prayer the Minister spoke to him something about his sickness and how he took it and hoped that it was not to death but that he might live and let the world see his repentance in his holy life He said there was no hope of his life for he was just going out of the world but if he did live he would never be from the place where he preach'd and pray'd But all his trouble was that his Election was not sure so he spake to his Sister that he might be decently brought home and that she should be sure to do what he had spoken to her of which was to pay some debts There was anothet Christian that spoke to him many sweet and pretious promises that God had made to repenting sinners The Minister then took his leave of him and spoke to this effect to him That when God did make man he made him for his own glory and gave him a righteous Law to walk by But man fell from God to sin and regarded not his law at all but followed the temptations of the Devil and his own Counsel yet God had bowels of love in him stirring towards poor man and sent him a Redeemer Jesus Christ and in him made a Covenant of grace and mercy that though man had sinned yet if he would leave sin and return to God receive his Son for his Lord and Saviour he would again receive him into favour and place him in his glory everlastingly and to let the world know these things he published the Gospel and commanded his Ministers to acquaint the world of this love of God Now albeit he had been one of the worst of men and plunged himself into the sea of God's wrath and was on the brink of eternity and dropping into eternal misery and a separation from the presence of the Lord. Yet so large were the mercies of God to poor sinners in Christ and for his sake that if he could now but receive Christ on his terms to be guided by him sanctified and saved and by repentance could loath the dearest sins he had lived in and by the spirit of grace raise up his heart to full purposes of newness of life God had abundantly promised that though his sins were as red as scarlet yet he would make them as white as wool and where sin had abounded grace should super-abound and though he came in the Vine-yard at the eleventh hour the last week of his life yet should he have the penny and he exhorted him to stretch out the desires of his soul towards Jesus Christ lay the stress of his happiness on his blood shed merits and then though God had been alwayes angry with him for his wickedness yet he alwayes loved Christ and through Christ he would love him and prayed him willingly to chuse Christ for his Priest to satisfie God for his sin and his King and Lord to save him from sin and Satan and under his shadow to go to the Father and as the Prodigal did confess his sin and then there was hope concerning his everlasting happiness as he had made the pleasing of his flesh to be his happiness in the sins of drunkenness so now make God thy chiefest good and Christ the way to enjoy him and it will be well with thee commit thy soul into his hands as into the hands of a merciful Redeemer and the Lord be thy everlasting portion in Heaven And after the fullest expressions on his part to chuse God for his God and rely on Christ for redemption They parted with many sweet wishes for an happy meeting in Heaven and with the stirring of much affection of those that stood by One offered him some drink which he refused and said I have but two breaths to fetch and do you stop me now hinder me away away then he exhorted to leave sin and get Christ all that come to him that he knew had been his Companions and encouraged the godly in their religious ways And fell into serious Prayer for saving grace and for the holy Spirit and that Christ would save his soul oftentimes repeating this word Blot me not out of thy remembrance good God And he said it is an hard work I am upon but a sweet work then he cryed Oh tell my Companions and warn them to get Christ and not to put off repentance so long as I have done And looked on his Sister Dorothy and earnestly intreated her to Sound out his Repentance for said he The Town knoweth that I have been a wicked sinner this he said several times and feeling death near he said to his friends that stood by Come now one faithfull Prayer at the last one faithful Prayer at the last he then prayed more silently and continued till death seised on him The last Petition he was hearp to say was this Come Lord Jesus and meet me Now come my Christ and so he fell asleep we hope in the Lord about one of the Clock in the morning Feb. 21. 1668. 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