1j4 DireElions for Converjion~ quitecontrary-to the grainof your natural inclina~ /tions, Matth. 16. 2.4. · You mnfi: take the ftrait gate, the narrow way, and be content to have the-flefh ~ curbed from the liberty it defires, Matth~7. I 4• Ina " word, that they.arevery large : For tbycommandmen~ · is exceeding broad, Pfal. I I 9· 96. · Secondly, Reji11ot in generals, (for there is much deceit in that,) but ·bring down thy bea.rt to theparticular command; ofCbrifi. TnofeJews in the Prophet feemed as welf'refolved as any in theworld, and calledGod to wirhefs, that they me~t as they faid: J?ut they fluck in generals. When God's command cro!f!th their inclination, ' th~ywill not obey, :fer. 4·~. r, 1., 3, 4,;, 6. compared wrth cbap. 43. v.z.. ·. Take the A!fembles larger Ca· teehifm, and fee their excellent and mofi: con1pen– dious exp_oftr~on of the ~on1mandments, and put thy heart·to it. Art thou refo~yerl, ' in 'th~ fl rength of ~hri~,: to fet upon the corrfcie~dous praflice of everydttttthat thou findeR:.to be there required of thee, and. to fet againfl: every fin , t4at thou ·findef! there forbidden ? · This is the way to be found in God's fiatutes, that thou mayett never be a1ban1ed, P[al. I I 9· 8~. Thirdly, Ob_(erve the (pecial dutiesthal thy heart is moft againft, and the fpeciJl fins that ~tiJ m~li bzcli7!_ed unto.) andfe~ w~e.~ber , it v~{ruly r~{ol~ed ~o perform tbe one, 4nd for~o_tbe oi:I1Jr~ 1 · WitatJ~ye1t t~ou to thy bofom~- fin, thy gatnful·~J) ?~ ~~~tfayeft ~nou to co1Hy, and hazardous, ~.an'd' {lei1F<hfpl~aflng du– ties ? If thou halteft here, and dofl: not refolve, by the. gr~ce of' God, to crofs thy fle!h, and put to it, thou ar.t' unfound, P[al. r8. 2 ~. and r 1 9· 6~ DireCt~ x. ~ Let all this be comp~eated i,n af~lemn (0venait b,etween·Go4ran{l thy f~~t, Pf~l. I i9. IC?6· Neh. Jo. 2 9 A For thv t1ette_r help tqeretn, .take thefefew ., ... • f 1 direCtions. " ~ ·.. . . Firft, Set apart forpe time, more than 9nce, tobe ~ fpent in fecrct before the Lord. x. I11 ·
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