a choiceandapreciousfpirit. 153 _____ allothf r bkeíïings they enjoy: without thefe , the 'great& of other blc Pings l would prove tobe the greateft curfes to us; and yet further : There bieífings upon our fpirits, coil God infinitely more , then o her bleffingsdoe. Other bleffings Godcangiveata low rate,but thefecoil the deareft heart-blood of his own forme , and thereforeabove all let God have the praiie of theft. Out- ward bodilymercies we arcunworthy of, but whenweconfider of thefe , let us fay as David, Pf tl. 66. 16. Coneand hearkenall ye that feare God, Iwill tellyou what be bath done to rry f ul .° ThereGod bathmagnified his mercies toward mee inr'eed. You may remember how bafc your fpirits once were,how b':inde,foo- lifh, d roffie, fenfuall, and it maybe,ma- licious. This S. Paul calstowinde, to flirre up himfelf and others, topraife God for that ble fed change he had wrought in his, and in their fpirits. Tit. 3.3. For we our fives alfo were in times pall (faith he) unwifi , dtfobedient, decei- ved, f retiing divers lofts , living in mall- cioufnef fe andenvie; hatefull, and hating one another : but when the bountifs1neffe and
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