To the Reader. with btcoming apprehenfionJ ofthe.grettt God, die regard to the graciou-s Medi:~tor, deep /ha. me and forrow for the fins thou confef{eft, tJ,rdent defires of all the grace thou beggefi, and faithful improvements ~f fuch meafures ·M thou b~(t alre1-dy received. And if th8u tbtu,tUkefi, with .fervent importunity, and p~rfevering con~ancy, thou w:lt undoubtedly find tbat ·God bade thee not to feek his face in vain: Af our L~;rd W.lrrstnts ~ tJ argue; Luk. 1 r. If a manwill pot deny a friend what he is im– portun:tte for, and ifa father· will ·grant his fon . \vhat he asks and wants, much more will thy hea- · venly Father give thee theHolySpirit: for all needful purpofes, to produce all thofe eff~tts in thee, that are truly neceffary for thine eternal falvation. 2.. ConfideT>{eriouflJ tt?hat thou readeft, ani work it Dn thy foitl a1 f..z .. ··M · thou ttrt concerned tbereirt. /t-!edi– cineJ' for the b'odj will operate, theugb they are not tfnugbt of; hNt [piritual remed."es for the mind require its co– o-peration with t&e:-n: Tbe clParefl e:xplic:ttions, fullejt proofs; an l ft~'ong'!ft motiveJ· about matterJ of ne:treft .and -greatejt concernment, will not do the foul any good, un– lefs by thinking it apply them, and extrafi their vertue; nor will the Spirit heal its lamentable di{e.zfes, if his influences be not anfwered with fuit~ble endea7Jours. Work then M he wor~s _in andwith thee; ta~e into 1?loft ferioU-1 confideration whatever is apt to prom,te thy reco– 'lJery; lay thofe things clofeft to he.trt, JrJbicb are likelieft to cure the hardile[s thereof; inculcate anl urge them, . and withal, cry mightily-unto him, who is able, an&· no lefs wiJing to help thee, till thou feelejt biJgentle force.- and comejt to a C{)nquering re{olution, that tbou muft ·and wilt do M fhou art advifed, till tbou doft nat 'cnlJ aJTent tf1 the coitr[e -propofed, M fit ta be t ,tken, but art fteadily.determined, tbat it is beftfor tbee,; tiJ1t . it i.r abfolutely neceJJ.:ry., a~d mufl ejfr:Clually _be.profecuted ; that by tbe grace of God thou witt throuJhlJ .change thy pe;rf
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