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on
the Excellency
of
the
Soul.
vain, except it bee
with
a
refohttion
to
go
thus
far.
Thirdly,
Thou
mull labour
to
take
off thine
heart
as
much
as
thou
cainfl
from the things of the
world,
from thefe
outward contentments here, fromfeeking after them
as
thy
greatefi good;that that
was
thy
chief delire heretofore,
thou
mull labour
to
take offthy
heart
from, and
poffefs
thy
foul
vvith
the
one
thing
neceffary,to
conclude thus
with thy fell,
it
is
not
neceffary
that I
fhould
be rich,
that
I
fhould
bee
ho-
nourable, that
I
fhould
have thefe and
thefe outward
com-
forts in
the world; but
it
is
neceffary
that
I fhould
look
to
the falvation of
my
foul;
when
God
bath a
purpofe
to
fave,
hee
doth
take the
heart
off
very
much
from creature
-com-
forts
;'Oh,
if
peoples hearts were but taken off from
the
world,
to
feek
after falvation in
a
confiant
way,
as they
are
at
fame flafhes, when
they
hear fame
truths
that
come
near
to their hearts,
or
when
they
are
upon their
lick
-beds
,
Oh
how
far might they
have
been
gone
in
the
way
of
falvation!
but the
thoughts
of
the world bath
taken their hearts,
and
all
other things
have vanifht
and come to
nothing.
Fourthly,
If
thou
wouldefi have
thy foul
faved, thy
great
care
and indeavour mull bee
to
acquaint thy
fell
with
the
knowledge
of
the Myfleries
of
the Gofpel of
the
covenant
of
grace, of the
way
that
God
bath
chalks
out
for
falvation;
let
a
manor
woman have never
fo
good meanings
,
never
fuch
good de
fires
and
affeaions
, live never
fo
fairly
and
civilly
in
the world, yet
if
they
bee
not acquainted
with
the
way
that God
in
the Gofpe!, and in the Covenant
of
Grace
bath revealed for
the
falvation
of
fouls,
they
may
pe-
riih
for all
that,
God
bath appointed
but
one way
to
fave
fouls,
and bee
is
fey
upon
it and determined, that
whofo-
ever
mifies
that
way, mull
peril},
whatfoever good
thoughrs
and
delires they have otherwife.
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