prayer, following fermons, forbearing good fellow... fhtp, and thine ould companions. And {ith no comfort comes by cafring thy fdfi:: npon Chrill:, cafr thy felfc againe into the cum;:nt of the times~ courfe of the world, and merry company-; For there yet, is there fome httle poore pleafure to be had, at leail: : Oh! No, No, No, would he fay; that will I ne- ,·cr ~oe,whatioever comes ~f me: I y.riU truil:inmy Chnfl:, though He fhould kill me; for all thefe difcotJ.l'agements, J will by no meanes, cafl: away my confidence. I have beene fo freihly fl:qng with their guilt,that I will rather be pun·din pieces with will borfes, then plunge againe into carnall pleafures; I will put my hand to all holy duties in obedience to God, though I performe them never fo weakely; I will, by the mercy ofGod, keepe my face towards Heaven, and backe to Sodome, fo long as I breathe ; comewhat come will,&c.AndWhence doey ou think!, !}rings thu refolution; hut ftom a fot'rtt faving power, j upporti1tg him in themoft dcf}erllte temptt~tions1 and afo .faults ofdiflrufl ? - Nowthisfiril:, fccret Javint power, by whichan humble foule leaning upon Chi.ft is fupported,when it is at the lowclt; fecondly, the fled ofQod, and thirdly, preftnce of gr.ttce ; doe every ,one ofthemargue a bldfed fiate, inwhich thou ihalt be certainely tlVed; and therefore thou mayfi: lifi: up thine heart and head, w1th comfort unfpeakeable an~ glorious.
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