312 What find they do that are not able Serm. i z. x Mat,i5.2,8. )11...11k.7 .4.4.47 z Cora.7. Ch1011.33.Iz. RGal.3.te. b c Job 9.11. a Cor.4.{. Phr1.3.8,9. eminent than the reti. In forne Faith (x;) in feline love to Go,i (y;) in force forrow for fin(x,;) as every tin is radically in every wicked man,yet force tin is grown to a greater height, and like Sa.l is taller than tine reif ; in one, cove:oufnefs ; in another, paífìon ; in another, pride, Moral venues are connexed comma.ei vinculo, with a common bond, yet they may be in feveral degrees: Some have them ingradrs continenti,e, that though the diforders and perturbations of the foui are very ur4ent and Felling, yet a man is able to refit and to fupprefs chein. So Tlein gradra te,nperamia,when the paílions are more fe Jace and calm ; force in gradtt heroic°, when they are fo fubdued and retrained, that they are tubjeel co the government and rule of Right Reafon, the Guide. and Leader of the foul. Now that grace that is molt eminent, is ealily dif- cerned. Make ufe of char. Ninthly, Blear not thine eyes,by alwaics poring upon thy fin, and wants,that are the rcafon of thy doubts and fears, but grid", alfo the Righteonfnel3and ful- xee of Chrii, for the fui+port of hope and confidence. Know, thar if thou hadii never fo little tin,(a) yet thou haft need of a Saviour, and if chou haft never fo much, he is willing and fufficient (b;) if thou hadfi never fo much forrow, and inherent grace, thou mull be ju(tified by the me- rits of Chriflalone (c,) and if thou daft but fo much as is true and fin- cere, thou art ju(lified, and (halt be (d) faved. Sec thy Faith on work therefore, to lay hold upon Chri(l, and Faith will fuck firengih from Chritt, as the child doth cleave to the Mot her by the navel, and receive nouriíiament from her; a twig that is flaiken by every wind, yet tied to the body of a tree, it tlandeth fall ; eye thy fin to caii thee down, and Chriís Righteoufnefs to raite thee up. Tenthly, Be more in prat -rce than in difputes, and wherein thou wonldefl inform thy judgement, proceed in a right method. Many weak Chrillians cannot fee the complexions of their faces, becaufe they are alwaìes looking into troubled waters, fearching into needlefs difputes and que- f':ions, notional knowledge in the Scripture will never cure thy difiern- per, no more than bare reading of Galen, or the works of forne Phyfi- cian will recover a man from a fir of ficknefs. And where thou wouldfl be in:o;med, proceed in a right method, elueftion nor thy elcétion firti, but thy true convertion. God firth repro- i iced me,all will be in vain; but thou muff prove thy eledtion by thy con- vertion, as the caufe is difcovered by the effect. we muft betinin this whereGad doth end, and end where God doth begin. As on a Lidáer,he that is above, if he would come down to you, mutt ñrll life the top rounds, but if you would go up to hirn,you mutt #rift ufe the bortorn.rounds,and afcend
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