JOHN iii. 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. Jefus faid unto Nicodemus, Verily, verily I fay unto thee, Except a Man be born again, he cannot fee the Kingdom of God. Nicodemus faith unto him, How can a Man be born when he is old? Can he enter the fecond Time into his Mother's Womb and be born. Jefus anfwered, Verily, verily, I fay unto thee, Except a Man be born of Water, and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God. That which is born of the Flesh, is Flefn; and that which is born of the Spirit, is Spirit. Marvel not that I faid unto thee, Ye must be born again. The Wind bloweth where it lifteth, and thou heareft the found thereof, but canft not tell whence it cometh, and whither it goeth: So is every one that is born of the Spirit. MATT. xvi. 26.. What is a Man profited, if he fhould gain the whole World, and lofe his own Soul? or what shall a Man give in exchange for his Soul. THE AUTHOR'S PREFACE, TO THE READER. D EAR Reader, if thou wilt ufe this Book aright, and art in goed Earneft, thou fhalt certainly find the Benefit thereof.But I defire thou mayest be warned, if thou art not in earnest, not to meddle with the dear Names of Gon, in and by which the moft High Holiness is invoked, moved, and powerfully defired, left they kindle the Anger of God in thy Soul. For we must not abuse the Holy Names of GOD.-This little Book A 2 Book is only for those that would fain repent, and are in a Defire to begin. Such will find what manner of Words are therein, and whence they are born. Be you herewith commended to the Eternal Goodness and Mercy of God. O F O F TRUE REPENTANCE. How Man muft ftir up himself in Mind and Will; and what his Confideration and earnest Purpofe must be, when he will perform powerful and effectual Repentance: And with what Mind he must appear before God, when he would afk, fo as to obtain, Remiffin of Sins. W HEN Man will enter upon Repentance, and with his Prayers turn to GOD; he fhould before he ee beginneth to pray, feriously confider the State of his own Soul. How it is wholly and altogether turned away from God, become faithlefs to Him, and only bent upon this temporal, frail, and earthly Life; bearing no fincere Love towards GoD and its Neighbour, but wholly lufting and walking contrary to the Commandments of GOD, and feeking itself only, in the temporal and transitory Lufts of the Flesh. A 3 In |