· .D~reEliot:.s- fp~ Converflon~. . .. 1 33 ,~uleof p/~ : 'NO!ds, th;ough~s; a?24 aUjons, Pfal.IJ9·30• Thisis .rhe true convertschotce. But here remem– . ber . .tnef.e . thrc~ _ f~15!s~ -'·· r: Yollm.uft, cbu{e :them aU. There is,.no · CQf.nin~r to heavep· by.a.partial obedi.. enc~iRead l.'[al. i r 9· 6, 12 s, x6o. Ei_ek. 18·:, r~ None .. may think it enough to take up with the cheap and ..eafie. part of Religion, and let alone the·duties that areco!tly, and felf-denying, ~nd grate upon the in– ·. ~t:reJt,,of~~he fl~fh f Jou .ffiuft take all, or none~~ .·. A . fincere convert, . though he makes mo!t .conf.:tence ·''of the· greateft fillS, ;and weightieft duties ;:yet he . ' make~ rrue "confcien~e oflittle finsj and ofall d,uties,. · Pfal. r r9. 6, 113lvfattb. 2.3'· 2.3. 2-. For. all iimes: For JJrofperity, and for a&v~rfity ;· whet.her _if rain or .fhine. A true convert 1s refolved tn lus way, he– -will ftand to his choice, ·and will not fet his back to the }Vin~, . and be or th~ religion of~ t~e ~titnes. . I have ftuc~ to thy t·efttmonus, I have 1-nplJneJ my beart ·. to perform thy fiatutes _a{way, ev.en to ibe e.nd! · Thy teft.imo:-:iu have I tilken, M an heritage for .ever, Pfal. 'i 'r9 .. 3r, I l r, I I7, 44; 93· I wiU have re_:pea unto thy jl~ttttes continuaUy. 3. This rnuft not be done ·handover . berd, but deliberately, ttrid underftandingly. That dif– obedient S-Qn faiCl, I g~, Jir ;. b-ut be went:not~ Matth. l.f··3o. · ~qw, fa1rJ-x d~~ tq~y ! promife.? tJ.Il that .tbe I ...ord our God {hall [peal{ unto thee, -we wtU do~ i(? And .'tis like they fpa.ke 2s t.hey meant;. but w.he~ it cqn1e to trial, it was founa .that there was. not fuch a heart in them, as to do what they had promifed Deut. 5. 2. 7, 2. 9· -If you would be fincere in clofing "\vith the laws and way~ of Chrift, Firfr, Study £be mettning, and latitude, and.compa{r oft,bem: Remem– ber that the}[ are very fpiritu~l., ' they reach ·tne \t·erv thoughts . an~ incl.in3itcns .cJ t~e tear(; fo that - 1t~ you \vill walk by this rule, your Vfry .thought;S and !nward motions 1nufl: b~ ~nder governmer~t~ ·Aga1n, That they are very ftnd, and.leJf.denJit:g, · qJitc
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