Baxter - BT785 B39 1657

70 D: ecfionsforgettting andkeeping of this Act muff be fuch, as ordinarily prevaileth again its contrary : I mean , both the contraryOb- jeft,'and the contrary A& to the fame Objec°. But becaufe I doubt School-terms do obfcure my mean- ing to you : (though they are neceffary for exact. nets) I will exprefs the nature of favinggrace in two or three Marks as plain as I can. . c./lreyou heartily Willing to take cod for your Portion, and had you rather Live withhim in Glo- ry, inhúfavour andfulleA? Love, with afoulper- feElly cleanfedfromallfin, and never more to of. fendhim, Rejolting With his Saints in hiseverlafí- ing praéfes: then to enjI the delights ofthe tlefb on earth,in a way offin, &without thefavour of God. 2. e/fre you heartily willing to take lefu6 Chrif he is offered in the Gofpel ? that is, to be your only , Saviour, and Lcrd, to give you pardon by his bloodfhed,andtofanfli f eyou by his wordand Spi- rit, and togovernyou by his' Laws ? ( Becaufe this General contained) and implieth feveral Particulars,I will exprefs them diftin&ly. ) Here it is fuppofed that you know this much fol- lowing ofthe nature ofhis Laws : For to be willing to be Ruled by his Laws in General, and utterly un- willing when it comes to Particulars, is no true Willingnefs or fubjeftion. i . You mutt know that his Laws reach both to heart and outward actions: 2. That they command a holy, fpiritual, heavenly life. 3. That they command things fo crofs and un- pleating to the flefh, that the flefh will be lä11 mur- muring and firiving againft obedience : Partial; larly, i . They command things quite crois to the inclinations ofthe flefh : as to forgive Wrongs, to Love

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