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osa

the

Excellesay

49f

the

Soul.

if

it-bee

hut

known to

mee,

:thatLimo'

well

that

my heart

is a-

gáinít

ir,

and

I

would

radier

-than

a

world

that

I

were

deli-

vered from the

power of

it; canll

thou fpeak

thus

a

in

the.

prrelençe

of

God

?

and certainly

a

Chrdtitn,,,

though

a

weak

Chriflian,

can appeal

to

God in the

iiinc"erity

of

it,

and

is

able

to venture

its

felf

upon fuch

an appeal

to

Hod,

And if there bee not

this dominion

.

of

jefus

:Chrtf

,_

Olen

the

e

is

the dominion

of

fin,

and

then thou art

of

under

grace

;

therefore

if

God doth not

morein.thy

foul

than

bee

had done,

thou

fhaltperith

for ever; and that

man

or wo-

man

that

can fleep

quietly

:fo, bath a

orange

pillow

to

fleep

upon.

It

is

reported

of Augugu

-s

far,

that

hearing

of

a

Gentleman that

was much

in

debt, bee

feat

to

buy

.his

pillow,

faying, Surely

there

is

a

great deal of virtue

in

that

pillow,

that

fuck

a

man could

fleep

on,

who

was fo

much

in

debt

:

Truly

I

may

fay fo

,

it

is a

drange

kinde

of

pillow

that men can

fleep upon,

who

are in

fuch

a

condition,

that

if

God

do

no more

for,

than

hee

hash

done,

would certainly

perüh.

Eighrhly,

But further,

That

man

or

woman

that

bath

not

yet

had

fuch

a

change wrought

by

the power

of

the

Spirit

of

God,

as

is

a

new birth,

a

refurre6tton

from death ,

a

new

.creation,

that

foul,

if it

now

depart,

would certainly

perifh.

Certainly

every

one

of

you,

as

you

come

into

the world,

as

you

are

by

nature,

your

fouls

are

in

a

loll eflate, and

in

fuch

a

loft

elate,

as

except the

Lord make

fuch

a

change in

your

heart,

as

is

a

new

birth,

by which you

come

to

bee

born

a-

gain;

as

is

a

new

refurre&-tion,

by

which you

come to

bee

ratfed

from

the dead;

as

is

a

new

creation,

by

which

you

come

to

bee

a

new

Creature; certainly

you

perifn

;

till

this

bee wrought

in

your

hearts

by

the

power of

the

Spirit,

you

are in

a

perialing condition

;

there

is

nothing

more

plain

than

this

in

Scripture You

know

what

Chrifl

faith

to

Ali-

codemus,

Verily, verily,

I

fay

unto you

,

except

a

man

lee

jam

3.

3

born

again,

hee

cannot

fee

the

Kingdeme

of

God

;

Therefore

it

is

not

enough

that it may

bee thou

lived

fomewhat

better

.than

heretofore thou haft

done

It

may bee

when

thou

wert