·Andperpetua/1 (j·uide• .arc very rare, cold,. and formaU. The Reafon is; . Gods Child is veryfenftble ·efhis corruptions, TheReafon, :and wants,. bee fiill' longs and gafpe5 for more ·grace, witha fpirituall ta·fte he fweetly relifheth Gods great mercie and goodnelfe unto'him ; he· • ·liath the love of God and the fpirit ·of prayer thed into.his heart by the .Spirit of Adoption; : and therefore his heatt is as fuU ·as the Moone, of · · godly motions and meditations.,which like acon– tinuall Spring fend·s out groane~ and ·ftghes un- . utterable, manyzealous and faithfull prayers·and · thankfgivings~nto his graeious ·Godwith a free and feeling atfe6tion. But the carnall Gofpeller,. becaufehis.underfi:andingwas never enlightened~ his heart never trulyhumbled,hisaffedions never fand:ified; becaufehe bath no fenceofhiswretdledeftate,nor prefent feeling ofgrace,nor found hopeand aifuranceof happineife il'l Heaven;why, · therefore benathnogreat mind,or beart,or Iill: to ' prayer; heehathno great delight, or exercife, in this 'holybuftneffe f and if he aoe pray (which is ' but feldome,and cold-ly) it is but lip-labour,a.nd· · loll: labour' becaufe it iswithout faith, and fte- . ling ; for fafhion, cufi:ome, orcGmpany, becaufe · hewas fo taught in his yoath; or that he fuper- . fiitioufl'y thinkes, thevery worke wrought, and·a · .numbe~ ofprayers· folen~nely faid over, will fan, , aifie btm. A fifth m~uke maybe gathered' Ol:lt of the fi'xt· : ~ and feventhVerfes : TheChild ofGod dothnot Vtrf.,o?,-no. onely paffe through with patience, for the pro• ~e ~ill tore ·fiffionofGods.truthand finceritie,l~lfe and'infe... ~~J~fe for, r:iour , ·
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