_felfe,.inriching ex~mination. . 6~ .tenderefr compaffions beginne to yearne withi_n him :.Hewho never knew how to breake the brui– fed ree~J or quench the fmoking flax) takes the panting and weary foule by the hand;:receives it into mercy,.grace, and favour, tak~soff the bur– then of its finnes, knocks off the bolts of ~errour and remorfe,_ bathes it in the iOveraigne and faving· bloud'of his owne·deare Sonne, and accounts ic pure, jufr, and unfpotted; for Iefus fake. Thusfaith hath beene breeding_, and is brought forth.' - 3. Now inathird place behold-it flourilhingand ~ growing iht~e heart. After that iavingfaithwith unexpretfable-groans and fighs, and 'frrong-cries _, harh l~id fail: hold · upon the· bitter and victorious paffion of Chrifl:J and 'all his meritorious jufike, and fopurchafed fa– vour J accepratio~. and r~miffio_n of fins; · 1. It pre• . fentlyretur~esthtsbl.elfedmefiage, andcomforta- . : ble newes unto the foule ; that it is certaialy par– doned, jufHfied; at1d moLl: .undoubtedly-ent itled ' · by the everlartihgc~venant of grace:> even frefhly fealed with the bloud of ChrHr, unto a crowne of immortality; and endleffe joyes of heaver.1. This beingdone, it is filled with joy unfpeakabhi and ·: _glorious) andwithpeace that paffeth aU tmderfian– di~g : But after it come to it felfe out of thefe firing~e?'tafies, :tnd exceffe offpirituall pleafures,- · itfoberly confider$ what great things -have beene · dotae for ir; what ,extfaordinary love>, and infinite mercy hathbeene !hewed unto it ·; 2. And there- .upon prefently.addreffeth it felfe toEvangelicaU · repentance ; ·,
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