Part. I ,Cap.9. .AjfliaedConfcimces. &c.doth conceive by the helpe of the holy Ghoft, this de fire-and ·vehement longing. Which you may thenknow to be faving, when it is joyned with an _ hearty willingndfe, and unfa'ined -refelution to foil , all; . to part -vvith all finne; to bid adiew for ever to. our darlin£-delight,&c. It is not then an eff,x9: only offelfe-love; not an ordinarywifh ofnaturall appetite,like Ba!a.,ms,li{Jtm~.z 3 .10. Oftllofe who-defire to be happy , but are unwilling to be holyt. . who would ,gladly be faved,qut are lpth to be fai1ttt4U fied . '- 2·, It ~ver fprings from. ~m humble; meci<e, and z.. r t proce~~s fronun, - b . r. :i .r: • . r. r:bl - b 1-- f'· 1- h f humble iiplrtt rune( ~p1nt; very 1enn e, - ot 1 o t 1e orrouro · fin, and happineffe _of parddB ; · both of its owne - ·emptineife, and ofthe fi1llne£fe in Chrifl::Never to .be found in the aff.etl:ions of·a Selfe-ignorant,Sdfe.:cqnfident,unhumbJed Ph'ariiie. . ., . It m'\lll be contl:ant,importunate-Iy·- greedy·· after ~.It Js ~o~flaht. ;:~_ f · - In a tvv f - fupply and fatisfaCl:ion. Not out o arang or pafsion r,1 -en 1.ng/ 11 ° con.. - - 11. f .r. le ce,or m a t wh - .. onely;.or begot by the ternpea o -1ome prefent "ex- He is told of H ' e . l'k fl 1 fl' h . d h . eaven, tremlty, 1 ea a! 1 o tg tmng, an t en qmte va- He could bee coment ' nifhing away,when the fiormeof terrour and temp- . to leap out ofhis ,'skin tation is over. For ifafincere thirfr after Chtifr:be _to gethe.-.ven, and- to 'once on foot,and takes root in an-heart truely hum- g~t ~uth.0~ HcU: But bl d . b d . . . . h.. l·c.· arcer t l~ts over He-e e ,tt never etermmes, or-exptres m t lS ne; or ·cannot 3 .,, 3 • t ·b. h .. ·~ · ' ., - . n fVVItiit·I-S t e lne to come. _ ~onfeffing ef his fins . _ . , , . . · ln (ecret; with this r~· . . :d;ng o£ hts Soule;wan tlm -earndt contend111g With--God ) ·and wah.. this.croffin.., -of his owr>e nJtu~:tnd fighting agamfi the luth of His flelh,even l'fiththis labourina ::'for t~~r~gh t.~oufn:ae'QfGodab_o~t all t~ing~1 wha.te!J,G~d; H«4b.ca~ I 5·b Longe ·:ber:it a fltt fattet cu,a (atzetate, a;'l.tdzum;qura fi~tentesfoturab~mur)($' fa!zati fitie~us,Auguft de Sper.cap.29. 4· It is ever·enlinckt,and enliv~d with acontinn--- 4.It is bu!ieit in uftng .ed,anL{ confcionable ufe, and exercife ofthe meanes; the me4nes. and drawes fro in themby little and little fpirituall .fr.rength, <\ncL vigour; much vitall effica,cy and in- .creafe: Not idle,ignorant,unexercifed. _It w,erl! vep .. ., ry vaine and abfurd~ to heare aman talke of his defire - / . :to , •
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