for an Vnregenerate tnner. every n1ember of my body, and every fa :ulty of. my foul. I have chofen thy precepts, t_hy Jawwill I lay before me: This fl!all be the copy which I will keep in tny eye, and ftudy to write after: Ac– cording to this rule do l refolve, by thy grac~ ·- to– walk; afrer ·this law !hall my whole man be go../-. · ver.neJ; and though I cannet perfettlykeep on-eof thyCon1mandme.1ts, y-e~ I will allowmy felf·in tht}\. breach of none. I know tny flelli will hang back, -– But I refolve, in the po·wer of thy grace, to·deave· . to thee, and thy holy ways, wha ~ e ·v"er · it coft me. I am fure I cannot -come off a lofer by thee, there– fore I will becontemt \lvith reproach, a11d difficui..:.· ties, and hardfhips here 5 and will deny n1y felt~ . and take up my crofs, and follow thee. Lo1~d Je– fus, thy yoke is eafie, thy crofs is we:coa~e) a3 it ,. is the way to thee. I lay aftde all hopes of worldly happinefs, I will be content to tarry till ·l come· to thee : Le~ me be poor and low, little _and de:– fpifed here, fo 1may ~ut be admitted to live a·nd reign with thee. hereafter. Lord, thou haH: my hear.t_and hand to this agreernent: Be it as the' la;ws ·ofthe Medes and Perfians, never to be rever– ied-: Ta·. this I will Hand; in this refolution, bv grace, I will live and die. I have fworn, and v.Qtl perform it, that r ·will keep thy righte::>us judg– ments;· I have given my free content, I have tnade my everlafting choice; Lord Jefus, confirm the. contraCt, Amen. · Chap. VII. Cont~ining the Moti-vo-s-to Converfion. ·T·: ·Hough what is already faid ';Of the NeAer--: fity of Converfion, and of ·the Miferies· of the_Unconverted , tnight .. be·~ fufficient to in.:* if: H 4. duce___ ,
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