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the
ExcellerAcy
of
the Soul.
certainly pèritd
under,
but
now
if
-it
come
to
bee faxed,
it
mull
leave
this
revealed
to it;
for
.
in
the
.Gofpel
there
is
held forth
the great
work
of God
in
begeaing
that
fbul
a-
new
to
himfelf,
that
hee
doth
intend to
fave,
in
putting
a
new life
into ir,
in
fending
the
Spirit
of.Jefus Chritl into
it,
whereby
is
lives, and
acts, and works, being now carried
on,
not
by
its
own
fpirit,
but
by
the
Spirit
of the
Son of
God;
this
is
necefiary
to falvation,
to
do
aets
of Regeneration
:
fo
Chrifi
tells
tcodemus,
hee
mull bee
born
again,
aid
-this
onely the
C;ofpel
reveals;
and thus
-our
fouls
foould
labour
to-
acquaint
thernfelves with
the
great
things of the Colpel
;
and
as
the
wife
man
faith
concerning
iriilru&-tion,
in
Prov.
4.
13,
7
ake fafla
hold
of
inflroblion,
let,
her
not
go ,
keep
her,
for
(bee'
is thy
life.
So
I
fay
of thefe inílruefions
that
are
re-
vealed
in
the Gofpel,
.keepthem,_ for they
are
your
lives;
do not
think
that
Gods
though
hee
is
infinitely
merciful,.
yet
that
hee will
fave fouls any
o_her
way,
for
God
,hath fet
this way, and
it
is
an
infinite
mercy that
-
wee are to
admire
at,
and adore, and praife
his
Name for, tharthere
may bee
falvation
any
way;
and
if there
may
be
falvation
any way,
oh you
poorwretched children of
meniknow,thatyou
should
he
reftlefs,till
you come
to underfland
further that
one
way;
Oh
that
wee could make
it
to
bee the
great
bufinefs of
our
lives, to fearch
into-the
Gofpel-,and
fin
e,out thefe
things,for
it
is
through this
that
we come
to
have eternal
life.
'Fifthly,
A fifth
rule
for
the
falvation
of your
fouls, (1f
God
bath
put
it into
your
hearts
to
Peek
to
have.them
TaYed)
you muff
walk with fear and
trembling
before
the
Lord
all
the daies
of
your lives, the fear of God mull
bee
mighty
and
thong
upon
your
fpirits,
if
you
would
bee
faved
,
and
you
mutt labour to
keep the
fear
of the
great
God
upon
your fpirits; that place
is
famous for
this, in
Phil.
a.
i
i
workout
your
own
falvation
with
fear
and
trembling
;
for
it
is
God
that
worketh
in
you both
to
will and
to
do, of
his
own
good
pleafure.
As
if the Holy Ghofl should fay,
you
had
need
walk with fear
before
the
Lord, for
the truth
is,
hee
hath
you
at
fuck
infinite advantage,
as you
are not able to
Nit
one.