11111111MMERINIT. A .6o:a &doff Spices., years as he had clone.. Doubtlefs had Chriilians a more clear and a more full underftanding of the Covenant of grace, they would live more holily, ferviceably, humbly,frurttully,com- fortably and fweetly than they do, and they would dye more willingly, readily, and cheerfully than many (may I not fay than moil) Chriilians ufe to do. But, The Eighteenth Maxim or Confideration. Ighteenthly and laftly, That trouble, grief, and forrow Li for fin, tnat drives a man from God, is finful, and mull one day be repented cf, and wept over. All true trouble, grief, and forrow, drives to God, as is evident by the Scrip- tures in the Margent ; Suppofe thou hall fo and fo finned, yet tis a falfe inference that therefore thou ftiouldell be dif- coaraged, and let thy hopes fink, and thy heart faint, as if there were no help, no hope, no comfort for thee in thy God. C ae11. Ex when is a mans tremble or forrow for fin fin- fill? Anfo. z. When it keeps Chrift and the Soul afunder. 2. When it keeps the Soul and the Pr6mifes afunder.. 3. When it unfits a man for the duties of his place and call- ing wherein the providence of God has Rated him. 4.When it unfits a man for the duties of Religion, either private or publick. 5. When it takes off the fweet and comfort of all outward comforts and enjoyments, and renders all our mercies like the white of an Egg, that has no tiff or favour in it. 6. When it weakens, walls or dearoyes the outward man, all godly forrow is a friend to the Soul, and no enemy to the body. And thus much for thofe divine Maxims, Confiderations, and Rules that are ferioufiy to be minded and obferved in order to the clearing up a mans Intereft in Chrifi, and his title to all the glory of another world. Certainly thefe Ei;hteen Hof. y, r 15. chap. 6.1., Z5 ;. 3er.31.I 8)19,10. Pfal. Hof. 14.1,2. Pfaff. 2y. Ir.
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