comfortable walking with God. 337 good can tes , watehinIneife over his hcart, walking will God : Having there Tronifit, faith he, let tnee clearnfe f;/fi Cm 7./. from all filthinefe of thePIZ andfpirit , perfelling holineffe in thefiareof god: Having this hope, I will labour to purifie my fen , even44 hee ig pure. To let the principal! motive ioh 3 3. paffe, it is impoffible but that the feeling confeioulheife that Gods freelove, through Chrift, bath freed us from eternitie of torments; one houre wherein, is infinitely more flinging, and terrible, then all the tortures that all mankinde bath, doth, or 1E211 endure, from the Creation, to the endof the world ; and certainely intereffedus to eternitieof ;oyes, one houre wherein, doth incomparably furpaffe all the delights of this wide world, were they collected intoone lumpe of pleafure ; I lay, it cannot bee , but that Inch an affurance fhould flirre up thebleffed foule to doe or fuffer any thing for Chrifit fake; rather to die then turne Papift , to deo 7vorthil7 in Ephrata, andbee femora in Bethlehem. But now theother groundleffe confidence, being in truth buta fancies muft needs bee powerleffe, froitleffe, unadive ; and makes the deluded rather fecure, careleffe, prefiimptuous, and onely formal ThebleffedSpirit is woont to fpring in our hearts , with heavenly refrefhing, andhis fweeteft teftimonie; efpecially at Inch times as thefe : When wee retire and recollect our felves toconvene with God in a more folemne and folitary manner; opening our confciences , breaking our hearts, and powring out our foules into is bofome : when wee are preparedly and fruitfully exercifed in the ordinances : inour innocent patient fufferings , for good caules andconkience fake : whenwe feele thatwe have conqueredorwell curbed fome corruption, by the power of Prayer ; in thebeleeving contemplation and revile of our change, and the infallible markes thereof : when we meditate effectually upon the bot. tomlefTe depth ofGods free love untous,, with which bee bath loved usfrom everkeiv to everlalling :. upon dayes of &c. But that other counterfeit flafIlkeepes. deluded Pharife n fooles Paradite continually, bee is ordi. narify
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