. - . ·, folfe,fnrichin.g exAmination. 1 119 '! and recovery~ , becaufe it fees thatthebloudffuf .. l_........... ~ - :ferin2;sof ChrHr,.are·aplaifterfGveraigne enough, . . I and fuffi:dent to heale aU it5 fores. Whence imme.. 1 - 1diat~Iy ad~eth in: the hea.rt,.a hungry defire a11d r !ong~1Jtg- thtdt·afrer th~merGes of God, ·and me- l~ :rits of ChTifr Feflrs. At l:afr with groanes and fighs \' j unutter~ble,. wrthpr~enand.ftrong crres~ it cafts . ·ic felfe upon nhofeyearnin~ bowels ofcompamon, : f th1t are even ready r-Obinde up thebroken heart,.: l ta.:-tdupan·ourbleif<£dRedeemer,all goTie-redwith I ru.. tfenngs FOF our Gnnes. ' ' BY' [urhpreparations andpangs as thefe,.faving 1 Gal~·'4· f.t~rh is:frrcd into the foule : Bur other faiths come ·; ea!ily, fonJ.ley are ~ithei' but meere fancies) and :)· !i liatre copceits of faith; as the three kinds of irnagi· l n<l!ryfaiuh Itoid _rou?ff, orelfeonlyfloati!lginth~ 1 .br:nme, as the hi.frortcall and the<lead fanh : Or I li~htly come)igbtlygone, as tempora-~y fa.itb ~ fo I thjt ufua1iy·theyenter, andare cntcrtamed, WJ_th- · . ont a:ny very fenfihl~ change, or. great alteration, I ehher beforethe.irco~ming,. when they are con·( ceived, or afterwar-d~ · \ · ~Thus in the firft place~wem£y trywhetherour i fa.tth be true, byconfidenng.rhe degrees and fteps ; by which it growesup·in us. It comes not 'idlely [ . andeafiiy,lightlyand ilifenfibly,.butbythepower' ·ofnheMimifiery) bya'fi~htand-renfeofourfisnes, ]. · ;~y an apprehe_nGon ofGods wrathand indigna.. ;. ttonduerousfor rhefame; by·muchtmeforrow, i. remort:e., andh~~~netfedfhear~,'- ~~ grievi~gand . ! 1· , . ,offendm-gGod, byourformer vaqstMS, le.wdueffe~ .· ci · and.rebelliotlS'~ by arrhnngtiog'andthirffingaftet:1 . K4 the
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