Part.z.Chap.I· 431 ~~==--==-----~-- and hitherto hafi neither thought, or fpoke, or done any thi?g but ~6omirn~~:-;, yet if n~"Y with -tFne remo):'fe fh<?U grext:rr<::ft U!Jder them -all~ aS'<\11 heavy burden, and fincerely longefr.'for . i'J.\·c::. I.)ord ~~ius-, and rK'\vneffe oflife; thou art bound prefently, ipfo f~~tlitro, ;s t~lhy [~y, illill'llcii<-mclyafmrthfll,a~: A.ct, and ~mfained :ref0biou.. -o€th~ rfci~Jl-e, ' ltti tc;ke Chtilt Himfdfe ,md all the pron1iks of life as thit1e owne for ever. All del:1yes,demur-Fs, exceptions, ol:j::Cl:ions, pretexts, ftanditigs out;f;cruples, dillrufts; and contradidions to the contrary; . ar~J diG1oneurable _to Gods mercy <,nd free ·grace, d.iiparagen;iei1t to the T'romifes , derogatory to tlie 1 ruth and tender::. l~ eartedndlc of Iefm Chri.ft; an unneceffary detainment of the S oule in terrour, and onely agratification of that roaring Byon, whofe trade is to teare foulcs in peeces, and torture them all He can. For as_foone :;s we are poore in fjirit, wee are prefently hief[ed,Uitfat. 5. 3. As foone as we arc weary of our finncs, the Hand of Chrift is ready to take off the burden, 011at.II.28. As_ foone as we thirfr, in the fenfe I ha Ye faid, the· J(ountwine of the: ware~ of lift, is [et wide open unto us,_ Revel. a. I ' .6. As foone ·as wee have got comrite and hum!Jle fjirit.t, . wee beco?1e r?yall Th~om;s, for t~e f!ith and lofty One that inha6ttetheterntt;•,to dwelhn for cver,I.fa.57·I5 . E e 2
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