IF YE CALL ON THE FATHER --- 1 Peter 1:17.
"Be not as the horse, or as the mule, which have no understanding; whose mouth must be held in with bit and bridle, lest they come near unto thee." --- Psalm 32:9.
"Therefore, If ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man's work, pass the time of sojourning here in fear." --- 1 Peter 1:17.
Reader, dost thou believe there is a God, and that he will shortly judge thee for every evil action thou hast done, for all the secret iniquity of thy bosom? how then canst thou meet thy Judge, unless thy heart be changed and thy sins are pardoned?
There will be no room for dissembling, excusing, or escaping then. Begin, therefore, in time, O wretched man, to consider how you must appear before the awful judgment-seat! The door of mercy is yet open. Oh! call upon the Lord Jesus for repentance and pardon, before the door is shut, and thou be lost for ever.
O God, mine inmost soul convert,
And deeply on my thoughtful heart
Eternal things impress;
Give me to feel their sovereign weight,
And tremble on the brink of fate,
And wake to righteousness.
Be this my one great business here,
With serious industry and fear,
My future bliss to ensure:
Thine utmost counsel to fulfil,
And suffer all thy righteous will,
And to the end endure.