Part.2.Cap.u. eAJfiiEfed C o11ftience1. their New~birth,New.borne, theirfinnesnow forrowed for, the hatefulnefie, and horrour of .their youtbfull pollutions more bated and abhorred. And in conclufion (For all the worke and wayes ofGod with his chofeJ1, are ever in love and for their good,) that thefiorme being difperft,lhe comfortable be;ms ofdivine favour may fhine more amiably upon them then ever before, and by the efE:c1:uall fHrnng again, and fironger influence of the Spirit, fpirituall life, that was hid in the heart for a feafon,may fprout out frelb,fpring and fpred abroad more flourilbingly and fruitfully for ever afterward. CHAP. Xll. Foure Caufo.nnore ofthe former0f[aladie. j. Hirdly, for tryall, quickening, ?· The exercHing of and exercife of fpirituall graces; their fpirituall graces• ...-~~·' that theY. may put forth them.- IJI"'l<:::a......, felves With more power, im- ~~~~~~ provement and illufirioufneife. - ~ The cold comfort of a defertion in this Cafe, .being unto them, as water cafr upon the Smiths Forge, to make fome of them efpecially, to burne inwardly, as it were, in the . H . Ch ·a . . h · · d ·he d 1 e(meanrng n ) · meane mne wit more mtentwn an . ate? an makes as though He.e all afterward to breakout,and flame more glonoufly. heard not (eo wit the There are many gracious difpofttions, and endow- Woman ofCana;n,) ments in the Chrifrians heart,which would never fee that the pretious grathe i light, at leaft with fi1ch eminency, were it not c~s lockt up in the ea- · for this darkneffe. The brightndfe ofhmps langui!b bJ_neht afb Herb htarht, . h . h b h (h" 1 . hQ d ~k th rn.g. t ee roug. t . m t e llg t, "'Ut t ey me c eare 1n t '- at e: e · forth to light,D.Wor· fplendour and beauty ofthe Starres would never ap- fbip in hi& sermon upon peare,were there no night, k You have heard of the Jtat,I s.u. &c.pa."18~ patienceoflob,faithlames: Andwereade·alfo dfhis kJa~.~ 1 1• excellentFaith,whenhefaid;*ThoughHe.flaJ mee, *Jo '3·1 ~· - - ·, K k., ye&
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