Part r. Chap. r 2. Ajfl~[fed Confoiencc.r. _. the generall Offi:r of Iefi1s C.hril1: wi·rho1;1t- any exceptiun q[ perfons, times, or !innes ; the pret.ioufndfe and infaJllbilitie eft be promif::s, in as fc1:ire and lovely a fa!hion, in as orient and alluring formes, as Hee _can poffibly. But it Is One thing to fay; Ifthef;: things be fo, I can affure you in th: Word oflife, of the promi{es oflife, and already-reall right & interefl: to all the riChes ofGods free grace, and glorious purchaf~ of Chrifl:s ll"l~ritorious blood : Another thing, to fay ; If y(()u will f\lffer your und~rfhndings to bee illightn~d, your confci~nces to bee convinced, your hearts to be wounded with fight, knee, and hprrour , of finne _; If you will «ome-in, and take Iefus Chrifr, His ~@tfqn, his Pa!U~m, his ydke; Ifyou will entertttine theft and .t hek affetliqns, lcngi.ngs, and refolutiot)s, &c. Then moll e~rt.ainel your me reifull Lord will Crowne your trq\y humbled foules with his deareO: compaffiems, and freeO: love. Lafil;r·, be iu_for.med, that when all is done,Itneane, 1·\1annerof app~ying whe-n .the Men. of Ge.d liave their ddire · That the co~fort ac that ume, · . b ·. ·· . · ' · which mufi be PlltHmt l,tl t .eJr perfwa,fJotiliS foundly wrou§ht upon, ~nd , profeff~th und,erfl;andingly and feelingly, and as tliey verily thinke from his heart; firfr, that Hee is hMvie ladet.,~ with t\1e~ grievo1;1s burden pf all His finnes; fecondly, That Ha~ is come by His prefent fpirituall terrour ari,d .trouble of minde, to that refolution, to doe any thing; which we finse in·the Hearers {)f l,.ohn an9 Peter, Lut ;. AEh 2, Thirdly,That Hee moft highly prizeth lefm Chrift farre above the.riches, plea{ures, and glory of the v.rhole earth; thidl:s and lon~s ~or H.im infinitely. Fourthly, That Hee is m?fl: ~Illmg to fell all: To part with all finne, with H1s. rsght ~ye, and right han;d, thofe lufrs and delights which O:ucke dofeO: to His bofome : N()t to le:\Ve fo PJUch a_s an booft; bchinde., Fifthly, That heejs cont~ut with all His heart to take:: Chrift, as well for a Lord and Busb~tn4 to ferve, lo\·e, .and obey Him; · as .
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