256 Evangelical Repentance. brings upon the bed -: (that is, beforea man is aware.) Then he openeth the ears ofmen : andfealeth their inflruaion : That he may withdrawmanfrom his purpofe, and bide pride from man. What then ? He is chajlened alfo withpainupon his bed, and the multitude ofhis bones withflrongpain So that his life abhor- reth bread, andhie foul dainty meat. Verfe the 21. Hisjlep is confirmedaway, that it cannot befern: andhis bones that were not fern jlickout : His foul draweth neer to the grave, and his life to the deflroyers. Here's Legal work. Then comes the Gofpel. If there be a mejfenger with him an Interpreter, one ofaehoufand, toPow untoman his upright; : Then he is grkitrus unto him, andfaith, Deliver him from goingdown to the pit : I have found a ranfome. Then at the 25. verfe: His flefh hefrcfber than a childs, he_Pall return to the dales of his youth. His flefh (hall, be idler than a childs. Thus, E. vangelical Repentance is a friend both to foul and body Meer Legal Repentance eats out the Iirength ofones fpirit, even ofones verybody. 2. Again, The more Evangelical your Repentance is, the moreyou will be humbled, and grievedfor fins again ft the Gofpel. Iwillfend (faies Chrifi) the Comforter, andhe (hall convince the world offin: what fin.? of fin, and-ofunbeliefe. Oh t faies the foul that Repents Evangelically ; who more guilty ofunbeliefthan I? Oh 1. never any one more> Igno- rant ofChrift thattI : Oh the unkindnefs of lily foul to- . wards Chrifi! Legal Repentance, it pitches upon Come breachofthe Law, and there it rents. Again, Evangelical Repentance, complieswith fpiritn- all joy,and is a frienduntok. You grieve for fin, and you rejoyce inGod: and whenyou reloyce in God, yougrieve for fin. I will fendthe Comforter (faies our Saviour. ) He does not fay, I will fend theSpirit : No-but I willfendthe Comforter, and he flail convince the world offin, and of unbelief. The Comforter, becaufe it _hall be a work of Comfort, unto the foul that is convinced of fin Gofpel- wife. and the more a man rejoyces in Chrifi, themore he grievesfor fin : and the more he grieves for fin, the more he re yceth in Chrifi again. Again
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