fe/fe~inriching exAmination. lji bofome of his fonle, by the power_ of his fpirit'uaJl life, and the vital] heat ofhis fanctifying (pirit dorh digefi them) and !o is firengthned and notui!hed ' by them unto erernalllife. Toc:ondude rhispojnt; Amaineditferencebetwixt the formall Prcfefl5ur, and true Chrifti~n, in the point of knowledge in Gods Word, is this ; The childe of God doth wholly and entirely fubmit and refigne up him felfe SeeMicl,ai:.h, · to beguided, directed anrl governed, both inthe 1 I(jn,g.n.1 4 • purpofes anddefiresofhisheart, and jp the actions Nthem.I3·3· andcourfe of his life, by that hoJyand divine trqrh which is revealed, and bee :ippreher1ds out of the · BookeofGod, by the.power and light whereof, whenhis confciende is once convi11ced, either for the leaving of any .finne, or the prattifing of any holyduty, heyeelds with humility and obedience, ( though it iliould abridge himofhis pleafure, pro- I fit or worldly refpetts, and rhat without any mini cing or fhiftingbydifHncHon and refiritl:ion,Hmi-j tation)exception,evafion,falfe gloiTe,or partia11 in– terpretation. B).ltth.e formalll:rofefioBr, hlowfo- ( ever he may yeeld m many thmgg, yet when his 1 fweet finne, his maine worldly conrentme'nt is cenfured and controlled bv the minifiery of the Word; when the knowledge and light thereof doth difcoverthe deceit of his heart_, convince and confound his con!cience,}n that refpecr he fhugles and firivesagainft it. Hee would glJdlyforget his knowledge of that point, bee labours to fmother ,·· and put out that light ; hee would hav-e no har.. pingo~ that firing : For he is refolved~ and <Jt a • point, not to leave the finne .of hisbofome) byno R 4 meanes ' I
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