of Ckrifi in all Beleevers. I I I Upon all this I do now appeal unto you, who ever you are that lie under anyof thefe Fears, Bath it not been thus with you ? That all on a fudden, you have been raifed to thefe perfwafions 'Do not you find, That fometimes your foul hath been carried out to God, even contrary to your own inclination and dilpofi-ion ? Do not you find, That fometimes your foul hath been carried out to what is good, beyond all that you intended ? you thought to begin Pra- yer a little while; and hath not the Lord fometimes come in, and carried out your foul farther than ever you inten ded ? Do you not find, a fecret difpofition, or inclination to all the Cotnrnandernentsof the Gofpel of jefiu Chri t ? Do younot find,That in the greateft atlions ' and turnings ofyour lives, Chrift hathbeen at the end thereof? Oh yes, If I fhould fpeak true, I muff needs fay this; Although I have not feen Chrift at the end of every aEtion, yet as for the,great aEtions, and turnings of my life, I muff needs fay, Chrift bath been there. And the Lord knows, I have a fecret difpofition to the Cdmmandements of the Gofpel. And, 0 Lord, thou knoweft, thatI have been carried out, many times, to what is good, contrary to mine own difpofition. 0Lord, thou knoweft, I have been carried further in a way ofgood, than ever I inten- ded. ()Lord, thou knoweft, When my foul hath been dead, hardened, and I have laid,. Now mercy is gone, and I amdriven from mercy; then, thenbath there been perfwafions railed in me, that Jefus Chrift is in me. Well, be ofgood comfort (foul) be of good comfort from the Lord : if thou haft thefe perfwafions, do not check them ; and if for the prefent you have not thefe perfwafions, yet' wait on the Load 5 for our Savior Chrift bathPaid, 1 rail lob,i fend thecomforter ; and in that dayye fball know, that I am in 20. sr you, andyntinme: and therefore wait upon Chrift for that day. Suppofe this DoEirine be true, That Chrifi liveth itz all- Ire Beleevers, that he bath- a greater band and fir* in the atlions., the Spiritual atiion.t of Beleevert than themfelves have;
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