. ,Direflions for .Conv~rfion. to {erv~, and love, and fear thee, above allcompetitD'I!, t' il.ifavow,mine ola'n righteoufnefs, and de{p.tir of ever he. ing pardoned and faved for t?tine own duties;·or graces . And lean only 011 thine a.Jl-fufficient facrifice and interce[~ Ion, for pardon;and life, and acceptance before~ God. I . tltl{e tbee for mine only guide and infiruRer, refolving to . be ledand direefed -by thee, and to wait for · -thy counfe4 and that thine JhaU be the cafting voicewithme. Laftly, God the Spiritmuft be taken for thySaneiifier, R.om. s. 9, 14· GaL r· 16, IS. for -thine Advocate, thy Counfellor, thy Comforter, the Teacher of thine ignorance, the Pledge and Earneft of .thine inheri... tance, R.om. 8.16. P{al.73· 24. ~ob. 14. r6. Ephefr. 14. ;fsb. I4· 26. Ephef. 4· 30. A~a~e thouNorthwind, andcome thousjljfb, andblow up.mmy garden, Cant.4. 16. Come ~houJfpirit of the Moft High; here Is a boufe for thee, here u a temple for thee: Here do thou reft fo1 ever; dwell here, and re{t here : Lo, I give up the pof· .feJ!ion to thee, full poffeffion. I fend thee the keys of my hetrt, that all may be for thy ufe, that tbou mayeftput thy good·s, thy grace into every room. I give up the ufeof all to thee, that evtry faculty, an-d every member mdy be thine inftrume»t, · to. work rigbteou{nefs, and do the wiU of my • · Father which is in heaven. - . · · Secondly, In all hu f./F'ntial Ptrfellions. Confider how the Lord .bath revealed himfelf toyou in his .word: Will you take him as fuch aGod? 0 finner, here~s the bleffedelt news that ever came to the fons of men: The I:ord will be thy God, Gen~ I7•7· Rev. 2. 1. 3. if thou wilt but clofe with .him in his.e~ce11encies. Wilt thou have themerctful, the gractops, ' the fin-pardoningGod to be thyGod? Oh,yes(faith the finner) I am undone elfe. ~ut he farther tells thee I am the ·holy and fin.hattng God: If thou wilt.'be owned as one of my people, thou ·muft·be holy 1 Pet. r. 16. holy in heart, holyin life. Thou muft put away ~11 thine iniq.uities, be they never fo near, . .
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