Reader are you thus penitent? Have you felt and confessed your sins? Have you earnestly implored mercy through the atonement of Christ? Have you forsaken sin? For remember, he declared as a dying man, that he would not repeat his former practices, nor live as he had done for the universe. If indeed you have forsaken your unrighteous thoughts and ways, and turned to the Lord through faith in Jesus Christ, he will assuredly receive you, and abundantly pardon. But know, that if you still allow yourself to sin, and still find sin pleasant, your state is truly awful, you are as sure to die as he was, but not so likely to obtain mercy, for he was penitent but you are not, and “except ye repent, ye shall all likewise perish.” Luke xiii. 5. Fourthly. We are herein reminded of the blessedness and value of the Bible, which reveals a Saviour and the hope of pardon. It was not any thing of our own, but the truths of the Bible which interested and cheered this dying man. With eagerness he listened to the doctrines of redemption and mercy through the blood of Christ, and found them exactly suited to his case. O then how diligently ought we to study the Bible! Read it, and pray over it; it will conduct thee to the fountain of life and mercy. Remember, there is no salvation, no pardon, but through that Saviour of whom it speaks, for “there is no other name given under heaven among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts iv. 12.) Mere sorrow for past, sin, prompted by present pain, and dread of the future, forcing a cry for mercy, cannot save us, nor must we trust to it: this man wept and groaned for years but it brought him no relief—nothing effected this but the hope of mercy through the Redeemer. Sinner, go to Him; and may the divine Spirit seal these truths upon thy heart, through Jesus Christ. Amen. * * * * * _London_: _Printed for_ THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY; _and sold at their Depositary_, 56, _Paternoster-row_; _by_ J. NISBET, 21, _Berners street_, _Oxford-street_; _and by other Bookselllers_. [Price 2_s._ 8_d._ per 100] _Considerable Allowance to Subscribers and Booksellers_.