fe/fe.-inriching ext~mination. lSan poffible purchafe or comprehend. It hath its feat a fanttified foule ; for its fo,nntaine, the fpirit of comfort ; for its foundation , the fa– vour ofGod ; for its warrant, the promifes of A.me?JJ thatfoithfoll andtruewitneJ!e; for i~s obje&, . a Crowne of immortality ; for its continuance, I the prayers.of all the Saints; for its companions, a good conf.Cience, i~Jwardpe~tce,jOJ iR the Ho!J 6 hofl ; for its end and perfeltion,fo/11e/fe of 1'!1, andplet#· fores at Gods right hand~ for evermore. Inaword, the Chrifrianscomfort in difrrelfe, ri£ingfrom anatru– ranceofGods favour throughChrift,and ofeverla– fl:ing happineffe, by a true and fruitfuJI faith, doth _ as far differ from all the vaine andcounterfeit com– forts, the unhallowed and groundle1feco~fidences. ofwhat unregeneratemen foever_, as the real! pof– feffion of Gold, from aa imaginary dreame of Gold : As the true and natl!rall grape, which fils .and glads the heart, from the painted grape, that onely feeds the eye : As the applesofEden, from rhofe ofsorlom, which being faire ta the fight, if touched doe turne to dull: in the hand: As a-frrong and mighty Oke,rooteddeeply in the earth,which no fl:orme er tempefr can difplant or overturne, from a fraffe or fialke frucke lightly into the _; gtound, ~hich every hand may fnatch away~ or 1 . blaft of wmd fapplant and overthrow. Thus farre of the marks and notes ofa found \ and faving faith, bywhich. if a man bee difpofed, and fet his heart to it,hemayeafily fee,and clearlv ju{Jge, whether bee be enduedand fanetified with a true ~and jafiif}'ing faith, or fouJy deceive his .. P 4 ' owne 199
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