Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BV824 .B65 1634

............... fe ...... lf_e_.~_in_r_ic_hz_·;~_~_ · t_x_am_in_a_ti__ o1_1.__ ]_ 19_ -T-hir-dly, he m_uH: revife thefe favinggifts andJ 3 . . .Ch.ri!l:iangraces, a~d confi~e; how they~a~or J wa1i1e, fadeor flourdh,langmili, or are m hfe, .\ ·that fo he may proportionablyprepareand apply fpirituall prefervatives or refroratives. But"efpe– cially that he may fo compofe and addrelfe them towards this holy and heavenly ba_nquer, that every one of them may receive addition, en– creafment, a:Jdparticularvigour thereby. . Fourthly,in thi~ glaffe ofexamination hedoth :difcoverand,deiCry what fpots and fiaines have lightupail his f6ule, wh.lt wourids or bre;;tches have beene made upon his confcience, what infirmities orfrailties,_what omiffions or, rehpfes, orn~wfais, hav.egrowneuponhili1fince his laO: r~ceiv.ing. · , - • Upon which difcovery he prefently profirates and powres out his C:mle before the throne of · grace and mercy,_ with groanesand Gghs~ forre– conciliati~n. :with God, :far . t~(Htution into hi& favour and prote{fion, for his former peace and . comfort ofconfcience,he renues his·faith andte~ . pemance for them; for every new finne.requires anewafrbdtbof faith and repentance·: And tO . prepareshistruly humh1ed foule to receive the ;affurance of the rerniffiorr of finnes, fca!ed unto , ·himby the bloud of Chriff in theSacrament. · . 4:·· ·· _Firft, fat converfion. lt is_that holyand hap-· 1 _. -' ,py c~ange wrought upon us , by the -effecruall Conver.G0n, ,· concurrence of the outward miiJHrery of the wha.tith• . Word,and inwardwork~ngof.the fpiric; where. by;ofnatural! ~carnalF,and prophaneme~we are D z made ,. 1~-----------------------------------------· t .

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