InflruClionsfr a rif.ht co1!1Sforting -- -----~ - -- and oppofition againfr them, with thy prefent ap.. prehenfion of their hainou£1etf~, hatefullneffe, and horrible number; Thou begin~eft to be dejed:ed,ar;d know& not weH what to thmke ~f thy Selfe. ~ fiy then, fonhy comfort, confultw1th thy fancbfied ·:beart, and thou fhalt finde,and feele an infinite hear- . -ty defire~t!lat thy repentance for them,detefiatiOn of -them,and heart-rifing againfi them, had beene, and now _were as thorow;fou xi,and refolute,as ever was in any penitent foule,that breathed the life of grace . upon earth, a_. Becaufe sf thy fat· 2. Secondly,Reviiing now, ·thy whole Chrifrian lmgs. conved.:~tion;fp~nding ofSa~baths,pouring out pray- .·. ers,readmg Scnptures, heanng the Word, love of ·the Bretheren,dayes ofhumiliation, wotkes ofmer- -cy,re,eiving the Sacrament,godly conference,living ·by faith-in all dbtes,&c. Thou mayO: fee them in this lat:l: impartial!, clcare,retired examination ofthy confciencc,to ha\'e been pdlered with fo many fai- , lings,imperfecl:ions, deadneif::of f_cJirit, dtihactions, "·difiempers;that thou begiu fi to feare and conceive; As well never a v.;hit,.u never the ·better, as they fay, ,&c. In this caie alfo,refled: upon the holy habituall ·difpofition oftby heart, and thou fhalt feele it thir- .fiing-and-longing unfeinedly,that all the holy duties and good deeds,that ever pafied thorow thy heart and hands had beene d{)ne in anfwerable exaCl:neife to the rules ofdivine Truth, and ifit had fo ple<Ifed God,with abfolute freedome from all infirmities. ~.Becau(eofthyfmall Thirdly, Thou mayfr be·trouble1 at that time; .iJhnding in godlineffe becaufe,being perhaps, as-yet, but of little franding in Profeffion, thou haO: done God- fo little fervice, and in that fhort time, haft not fiood on Gods fide with that courage and life, nor walked in his holy wayes,with that watchfullndfe arid Z.eale, as thou mightefr. And it <.:uts thy heardhe more, becaufe .th~u haft fpent fo much of thy time, in fervi:ng_ :thy . Sfu
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