-·--~----~7"----......-----~------------_, Part.~.(~~p.r 1_. _ cv4 jfliElul (onfciencu. ----------------------------------- fire ofluft ,1: y fbrring. up and refreihing the retired· and n:dicall power ofgr~ce; tba't immortall Sed of Go,d, neyer to be loD·,' ~id fweetly and graciouDy bring it igaine to ifs. fo: mer fpintuall, comfortable temper and confhtution. . 2.~sometimes the Lord may for a time retire the :. A fiirring of the light of his coumeqance, and fenfe ofhs graces pn!o~ ~P to ta~e. ~ from his Child, t}iat hee may be driven thereby more imuus VIew · of ' d o.. '1'. n 1'. • · his•l:fc. to tar:e a new an more exacl rev11e, a mo1t 1enous .. ,, / ; .' tl~ orow-f:.1rvay of his youtbfull finnes; of that :.>· :~· ~:.r:: darke and damned time which hee wholy (oent ~ r ... t:.. ; upon the DiYdl, and_fo put againc, ash were, into . · .: : '_, the p:mgs .of his Nev.·-birth, that Chrifl: may -be · ~ : ~- more perfectly formed in him : That he may again -·~· behold with feare, and trembling, the extreame· loathfomeneffe, and aggravated guilt of his old abominable lufi:s ; and fo renewing his farrow,and repairing rcpent<'utce, gt ow into a further detefi:ation t:>f them; a more abfolute divorce from his inftpuating Uvlinion-delirrht, and bee happily fri!7hted a- £ , J - dco c.. 1 or+. . reib, anu fire ror ever 1rom tne very garment -ratted ofthejlefo, ·andallapptarance of evil!. That upon this .occafi.on, hee m:1y make a ~1ew inquifition, and deeper ~ardfinto the whole ftate ofhis confcience,. feverall paffitges ofhis converf.tion, a,nd every corner ofhis heart, and fo for the· time to come, more carefully cut off::dl occafions off1nne,.and with more Refolution, and watchfiulneife, oppofe,and fl:and at ' fl:ayes end with evety lu{f, pafllon, diftraction in ho~ . ly duties,entifements to relapfe, (oiritualllazineife, • bkewarmenet1e,wor!dline!fe,&c,with._greater feverity to cmcifie our corruptions, and ever prefently and Hnpart1:1l!y,execute the Law ofthe !pirit again fr. the rebellions ofhis fleG'1. This, it 'm2y feeme, was one end of-Io6s fpiri.tuall· As .in Jrib 1 afBidionin tHs kind.In cap.r 3.2 3 .He is earnefl:,anJ.. importunate with God to know, what be thofe, I '· , r
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