comfortable walking with God. 333 longing after theWord preached and read, prayer, -fingingl Or rer if id; ate ofPfalmes, meditations, conference, vow es, dayes, ofhilmi- and difedgel,infenre liation, Nzle of good. booties , godly company,. all Gods or-ZertnniZt; dinances, and good. meanes appointed and fanaified for our.admpe; it heartily pa: nejate and drtte i171rit fpirituall good, Becaufe through them , as fo manygoldenr t.-! ier conduits, thofe gracious laving operations ofthe holyGhon, by prayer,and all its are conveyedand continued unto it ; which minifter foundll'giralitnPrye:: matter and true grounds of fuck comfortableaffurance :.and itsformerforward. in theconfcionable ufe and exercife. of them alfo are woont nw'11:4,1:10/1fec,* fometimes to bee fecretly and fenfiblybreathed into it, . filch age, and contention heavenly reall refrefhings themfelves; which the joy of the :(SairbifLiKne,irayare whole worlds enjoyment cannot poffibly equal!. Butnow conceived dejqui- the affeelion this way of thofe who are Pharifaically puff cv:pe:tic: Gto ac: up with a groundleffe conceit and value confidence ; istriable popin of faint and formall ; partiall and refervehmot accompanied' with that univerfality and uniformitieof reverence and re- fpeei to all the bleffed ordinances and meanes of grace. itis ever the woont and wilineffeoffiich, to qualifie their coun- tenance and correfpondence to thee, with that moderation and. temper which may bee compatible, andplaufibly confift with the fafety of that temporal! happineffe, and fecuritie of their bofome finne. And no marvell though theiraffe- dion in this kinde bee not fo hearty, and hold out ; for they draw no fpeciall vertue and fweetneffe fromChrtft through them : And their conceit ofteeing right, is not fedde from the Brats of the Bible, and with the heavenlyManna of a confcionable Miniftery ; but built upon thofe infufficient grounds and rotten proppes I difcovered anddifabled fore. 3. A found and undeceiving perfwalion that thou art-e verlaftingly lockt in the armes of Gods mercy and love, groundedupon the_Word, fecondedand fet on by the Spi- rit ; is a moll rareand rich Jewell, which doth infinitelyout thineand overweigh in fweetneffe and worth any rocke of Diamond, CriftallMountaine,,orthis great Creation,,,wero it all converted into one unvaluable Pearle ; and therefore, to infinitely envied, and affaulted mightily ors: all, fide, It
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