Part.t.Cap.z. A(jli£led(onfi:icnces. 363 · ftrong, fiedtlfr, and unconquerable comfort. Otherwife .it ~er i!egiouHy1 as it were, robs God ofthe glorious end ,for w hoch hef wore. Th f ffi f ~ . The fr~e love of God; Which, how rich and ~G. d el eeent e 0 . } . . ~ dl If: { • 0 • ov • !!lonous, how· bottomleuc and boun eue a trea ure 1t fs of·all gracious fweetneffe, abundant comfort, and endleffe bounty, appeares in this, that Jt{PA Chrifl, bli:ffed for ever, that unvalewable, incomparable Iewell, came out of it. For God fo iovedthe World,. that hee gave hi.f oHely 6egot ten So;-me; that v;hofoever ~eleroeth In him fhould not perifh, but hllvee7/erlafting life, Joh. 3, I 6. And therefore every fincerc fervant of Chrifr, when .'upon a ferious ami fad furvay ofhis Chrifiian waies, findes himfelfe to come fo farro iliort of that, which God requires,· and himfelfe defires; 'fhat his prayers are very faint, his forrow for finne very fc.ant, his love unto the brethren too cold, ·His fpending tJ"le .Sahb~ths very unfruitfull, His fpiri· tuall growth, {i nee he gave his name to {hrifl, very poore, His profiting by the meanes he enjoyes, mof.t unanfwerablc to the power and excellency thereof, His New-obedienc~ almofr nothing, &c. (For f9 he is wont to vilirre himfelfe;) Whereupon bee is much cafl: downe; and out of this apprehenfion of his ma- · nifcld unworthindfe, <;oncludes againfl: himfelfe, that hee hath little caufe to . bee confideFtt in th~ promifes of life ; or to prefume.. of any part and interefl: in 1e'r:. '. [HI.. Chri]l ; aod fo begins to retire the trembling hand k., . ,·· of his already very-weake Faith, from a11y more lay~ fl 'rtna~mr"! 11.~sh~e_no • ing-hold of comfort : I fay, in fuch a Cafe, being true;. ;.fon~;:;J,~:~~f~~'{J. hearted, k hee .may ,fafely, and upon fure ground, Jimum,nimini.m Dei di- - have .recourfe to this evrr-JPringinf{ F~unt~tine . of~eflime grat~titam:cHimmeafurable mercy · and raife up his d roopjng) /IJ fidt!ci~ qtti nit titttr, loule ag~infl: . all contrary .oppofitions, . with ,un~ f,-0 11 ~e"'~"; 1 t~ 0':,~i. fetal... k bl d 1 . fi I'L. I.' r. h " ,,a.tl t& ,pe tnro'll• ~ea ea e· an g onous re remmg, 1rom 1UC pla-: cu{Sam, & in/(1, /Jibilem cc:s as thefe : flo(., 1.4·4· I will love theefreely,J[tili, , S ~ •. retliiere potcrl1t. Gu.1Jr. Rl!j , t'I#1J ,one th~tt . tblrjfeth1 ,lime }te ttJ the w~ters ;. in loc. , and
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