Bolton - Houston-Packer Collection BX9339.B65 A2 1641

comfortable walkingwithGod. 41 Vpon his returne , the unclean fpirit rages more then be- Mardi.I2.45 fore. Thus to lend thee fome light, for a more full difcovery, and thorow difintanglernent out ofits pleating fnares ; Ihave intimatedbriefely what a beloved finneis; what thine may bee; and how thou =yea bee deceived about it. For if thou wóuldeil truely,taile how gracious, and glorious the Lord is in a fweet communion with His bleíled Majeily; if thouwouldeil be intimately acquainted withthe myftery of Chrift, whereinare hid infinite heavenly treafures , and fuck pleafures, at neither eye hathfeene, nor Bare heard, nei- r cor. 2, y, ther bath entred into the :heart ofman; if thou wouldeft ever bee fitly qualified to walke humbly with thy God in the way which is calledHoly; as thou mull fall out for ever with all finne , fo mull thou principally and impartially improoveall thy fpirituall forces, and ayd fromheaven, utterly todemo- lilh and beate to the ground the Divels Caille; to dethrone anddepofe from its hellifh tyrannyover thee, that grand im- poifoner ofthy foule, and ftrongeft barre to keepe out grace, all acquaintance, and fweeteft entercourfe with God; thy bofome finne. , Take notice bydie way , that fith wee concurrently, and eonftantly teach, that juilifying. Faith dothpurifie the heart fromthe raigne and allowance of any lull, or lewd courte, andplants by thepower ofthe holyGhof}, a fincere univer- fall new obedience .and regular refpe&toall Gods comman- dements, to all good workes of Iuftice, Mercy, andTruth; and that we neither doe nor dare give any comfort to any manof his being juilified andafhured of Gods love, that goes en impenitently in any one knowne finne againft his confci- ence, hating tobe reformed; I fay, fith it is thus,take notice how unworthily, andwronfully, the Antichriflian Doaors, having received foreheads from the whoreof Babylon, deale with us in this point. Heare them fpeake So that their juflification, (meaning ours ) faith a Fitzher a P. I. P. 537- bent, may according to their opinion, fluid withall wic- kedneife. Thefe

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