Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

and perpe'tuall quide. fave Soules. There is f.arre more required to.thefe ·. butine!fes,than fo:There is to beundergone much · toile and Iabour,much care &:trouble>expence and 1 exercife,before .any,ofthefeworkes can be rightly . I accompHfued. It-is even fo in the greatworkeof falvat.ion,and ·theattainment ofHeaven.The frate . ofgrace;and trade ofChriftianiti<;,i~ not fo ealify ' purchated &pra&ifed.There goes more tofaving ofa foule,than bold& ignorant brags: than tofay~ Ifthat be all,I hope I can quickly and eafily learne. to love God aboveall,& my neighboras my fdfe: For before thefe,there goes many things;as,know- Things requl– ~edge ofGodswill, andWord; a thorowviewo.f red, before • .' • our owne mi!Cry& corruptions in the g.Iaffe ofthe man ca~.tloyt • ' . GQdorman. Law; ·fl:rangeagon:tes, and fore pangs m the newbirth,and farrow for ftnne,refrefhings and coolings by the mercies ofGod,and merits ofChrift;faith, . repentance,fanaification,a ble1fed& holychange . in the wholeman~both body,foule,and fpirir. And then follovrs newobedience;which confi fl:s in ·the . uprightneffe and £inceritie of our owne hearts; a · confcionable and charitable carriage towards our neighbors,and azealous conllancy in all religious . duties and rigbt ferviceofGod: which mu!l:be : Howourrer.: univerfal1,inrefpe~of theobje~;that-is,we mull: vie~~o G<! walk in an his Commandements: toralJ,inrefpect . fi~'d. equ - of the fubjed:; thatis,we mufi: ferve him in all.the powers ofour foule,and parts ofour body; in our · thoughts,words,and actions: In all which things, .and holy·courfes, ifa man be not particularly in- · llruet:ed,experienced,& praltifed,his love ofGod . and his neighbour is but inword and-tongue, not (f2) in

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