I ,68 l ___ : . , D S . .be to you in fiead ofall things; and therefore let ' Heb. tt,6, fid h . .. 1 1_ ,r; men con t en at mHeo. II. 6 .U.tno 1 oever comes '' 2. · Forthole · withinthe ·Covenant. ' to God, mujl heleeuethat Godis, andthat he is are. wardero fthem thatferue him. That is; amanwill never ·cha:ngeexcepr it be for the better,excepta man thinke his conditionwill be better,with the Lord, than it wasout of him, hewill never come in,but,when he is onceperfwaded ofrhar,hecan nor kecpe om, you know, that argument is ufed by theProdigal!fonne,faith he,if!J!ay here,Ijha/1 perijh,iflg~ to my Fathers hor-tfe,hisfervants hauc . hnadmough,that double argumem brought him home: fo when a man confiders>out ofGodthere isnofufficiencieat all, there is not any thing in the creature,as we ihewed to you be(ore at large: thenifyoucome home to theLord,thereis AIL foffciencie in him.That is ; All your defires il1all befadsfied, there is nothing that you neede, no– thifl:g that you want, but i~ !hall bee fupplyed. This, I fay, is that that brings ariuh to confide~ ofGods AU-fujficiency;butthis w'edo not mcane toinlarge now,bur rather p,roceo?d to theorher. Whether aman become in or i1or, there wiH not be much difference in the application ofrhi~ that we are now to de-liver, to be content to haue Godalone to be our portion; for thatis the caufe' .of all our unevenneife,and ofour imperfect wal– Thegtoun~ kingwjrhGod,we would hapefomwhat beftdes. · · :~r~~~C::,. .. ~nd r.he~efore(hcLor1taketh rh is courfe with .ward• God. • · hts D1fctple~, he tels rhem-rhe worfi: ·firfr, he tels them theymu11: parr with all,thatthey mull: deny 'thcm.fe!ues throughly& p~rfectly,and they mull; . . . be
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