season and opportunity of grace, you may never have another. It
I have read of one monarch, a lunatic Italian, who thought that all
the kings of the earth were his vassals; and as delirious are they who
willfully neglect present seasons of grace, upon the account of a
future may-be, etc.
2. Secondly, I answer, It may be if you neglected this present
season and opportunity of grace, you may never have another. It
may be mercy may never knock again—if you do not open now; it
may be Christ shall never be offered to you again—if now you do not
close with him, and accept of him; it may be the Spirit will never
strive more with you—if now you do resist him and withstand him; it
may be a pardon shall never be offered to you again—if now you will
not take it now; it may be the gospel shall never sound again in your
ears—if now you will not hear it now. Now set one may-be against
another maybe, set God's may-be against your own may-be; but,
3. Thirdly, Doubtless there are many thousand thousands now in
hell, who have pleased themselves and put off God and the seasons
of grace with a may-be, hereafter may be time enough. It may be
when I have gratified such a lust, and when I have treasured so much
of the world—I will return, and seek, and serve the Lord. But before
this season or opportunity came, justice has cut the thread of their
lives, and they are now miserable forever; and now they are still a-
cursing themselves, because they have slipped their golden
opportunities upon the account of a may-be, etc. But,