a choiceand a preciousfpirit ® to enter upon Gods wayes, and from continuance in themofer foreentrance made ; as theother Spies that were fent withCaúeb andpjhus , their hearts fain- ted, they tell ofgreat difficulties are like to b-e met with The land endeed is good, but there are children ofAnak there, and walls that reachup to FIea. ven; !but this was the brave heroical! fpirit of Caleb and Yolbui , their fpirits wereundaunted,they wouldgoup and prufleff. the Land , lc t what evercould be,(land in theirway. Thus many have convió ionsofconfciance that the ways of God indeed aregood, but the great hardfhips that they are like to fuller in Chore wayes keep them off S But a true godly fpirit i willing to embrace Re- ligion with all the hard termesannexed unto it ; it is a poore, mean fpirit that muff indent with God aforehand: ifI were lure to hold out, to haveat laic that which I defire, then I would ven- ture uponthe wales ofgodlineffe ; butI amafraid it will neverbe: and fo links,, and ha h nominde tofet upon thework. But this spirit will CI up9ntheworke with all thehazards,as Efter a ifs,perj , I
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