J8 \_· ___..,.--'-'I_h_eS_a_in_t_s fi_u_re_____ ittto.t~e wa~ ~o· Heav~n;. that th~y wou1d fuffer tbernfelve..s wtth· hum!ll·ttle,. ohedtence, and cG>n– ftancie,ti@ be 1ed.a1onginacourfeof fan&:i.ficati– on).byd1c holy.gt11ida(nce. anddir.e6l-ion ~ereof~ that they vvoulg•fhine day'iymore. and more in all Chrifhau vermes, exetcifes, andduties. For it is th<t· prop,er~ie of aU tho!e-wL1ich arc become new creat-ures, who-are walhed. from their finnes, fan.cbfied,.and new-borne by the immortaH Seed of the \VGrd ,_ an<dithe Spirit of Grace.~ to-long after,. and earndP.Jy. de[R"tt the- jintJ.ere .Milke of the word, that they may ,gro.w thereby. in knowledge, comfort,a-nd·new obedience. A nm-v;,.borne Babe will be,plcafed and fatisned_with-norhing but the Pap-; n0t Gold,Peartes, or any-rhingelrewiii conrent it : even fo a new...renewed Souie doth · Prov.Jio,Ii-. ever hunger anchhirft after the .faered and_(Jncere Milke efGods.holy w-ord, as- SaintPeterca'Ils it,that it· may dayly gather ftrength ·it1 grace ; otherwife, as the Child, fo it would l<!nguifh, pine a– way, anddie. He thatgrowesnot,and gnes not .forward in grace, had never true grace. He that faithfully labours not to feed his foulcwith fpirimall fooGI,never paifed the newbirth. Thew4yof . the righteom (faithSalomon) fbineth.M theLight,that fhin-eth m9re~ndmoreunto the perfeEl Daj, PrfJv. 4· 18. For.if the Day-fiarre of faving knowledge &!Sl. 4 • ,~ . once ap_peareunt<'> a man,.and;the Sunne of J?.ighte– oufneJle arife inhuheart; .they never fet,untill .they bringhim unto that glorious Light above, that nomancanattaine unto. He proceeds and pro- .. ·- ' :.1 fit.•in the gw.t m!frerieofgodlinelfe, in~~~~
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