_ 78 - ·~~ . 'The SaintJ . . j is enlarged from the reigne and tyranny of Gone - ' and Satan, and enabled through the fpiritof Chrift to deiire and delight in godlineffe, and good things, and therein to walke aud continue tothe end. This is peculiar to -the true ·Chrill:ian ; ·bur yet by the power oftemporary faith, which is in· fuffident to -falvat:ionJ a man-may atchieve fotne · Heb.to· 1 9· fcamblings at fcattcringc: of his b!effed worke: He may puton fume good affecrions, though nmro himJ .becaufe they are ·not fanctified by fpedall ·grace, yet1:~.their kind<':, and fo farre forth as we I can judge. · ·For example: . Love to God, as he is an excellent good;authour of his profperiryand temporail happineffe, and in fuch lik: refpetts. Bur this affettion is not fincere and Caving, becaufe it is not principally, moft dearly., and without other refpelts fafined upon God, as a mofl: ·mercifull Father in Chrifi Iefus, from all eternitv. Ioy in the Word, ·preaching, prayer, and the happy fiate of the righteous. The 'i1:onie ground . recdves the·Word wirh joy, Matth.q.zo. -Herod I heardio/;n Baptijlgladly, Mark.:6.2o. Nurnh.2 3.1o. I & 24·4·5· Adefi1 eof the prayersof good ChrifHans: Pha· taohdeiiredMofosand .Aaruntoprayfor him, Exod. 9·'27· SifJJon Mag11s delired 'f!eter ro pray for him, · that none of the things which bee had fpoken againfl: himQlo1:1Id come to palfe, Atf.8.24. A reverence toGodsmelfenger: Rendknowing ·. Iolm to be a jull: and holy nian, feared and reverencedhhn~ MaPI{;6.lo. Zeale
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