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on
the Excellency
of
the Scul.
hopes, except
j+òtt.bee
able
to
hold
forth
fótnd
Scripture_ or
other upon
Which
you
build
yciur
ho
s,,
dr
wheiV,
du
you hope, .you
'no
y
not
mean
than
bitt
chit*
.,ind
a.e
fwaded
that
itis.fo,
but_
what Scripture häve
y',oti
for
ie
?
you
will fay, what
Scriptures
have,
any
to
ground
their,
hopes of
falvation upon
?
hat
Scrip
ures?
a
great
many
;
I
will
give
you buc
this
one
that
many
have to
ground thei
-r
hopes
upon,
Rom;
8. i
. 7
here is therefore
not
no
coneittnatio)g
to
them
which
are
in
C
hrifi
3e
fui,
who
wok**
after
the-flefh
ha
differ
theSpirit.
Upon
this
now
faith
='a
foul
that
God
brings
to
himfelf
;
What
doh
God
fay in- his
Word
(
that,
.
word uponwhich
my
foul
Bands,
andnitift
bee call one
day
for
eternity
)
that
thófe
that
are in
Chrift
Jefit;s,
,
i'hall ne-
ver
bee
condemned?
I
but
whö are
they.?
fuch
as
walk
not
after the flefh,
bat
after the Spirit,
fuch as
,
the
bent
of
whofe
hearts, and the
endeavours
of whole,
fouls,
are not
after
fleshly things,
the
comforts
of
this world,-
but
after
fpii=
ritúal
thiings;fuch
whom
theLord
hath made
to
be.fenfible of
fpiritual things, and
fach
as
the Lord
doth
ate}
and
guide
by
his
holy Spirit
in
their waies and converfations, God
faith,
fach
shall
never
be
condemned; then upon this
I
will
build
my hopes,for
I
feel
that
the
Lord
path
been pleafed to
work.
fo
on
mee,as to
bring mee
to Jefas Chritl,to
fee
him,
to
clofe
with
him
, and
to
relye upon
hum,
and
I
feel
the fruit
of
the
Spirit
of Chritl in
mee,
that
whereas before
I
walked
after
the
flefh,
and fpiritual things
I
did not
favour,
now
1
finde
that the
luf1s
of
the
fle
fh are
mortified, and
I
"fhould
.
wrong
the
grace of God,
if
I
fhould deny
the
aaings,
and
the guidingsof the Spirit
in
my foul
;
and therefore
.I
will
build
my hopes,
and refl
upon
this
Scripture.
-
--
And
the
more any
foul
refs
upon any
Scripture
Vic
refs
truly
)
the
more
(hall
it
finde
the
power
of
that
Scripture
upon
it
:
-
--
Therefore
you
(ball
know
the
difference between an
hypo
-
crites refling upon Scripture,
and one
that
refis through
the
work
of
Gods Grace;
an Hypocrite tells upon
fuch
a
Scrip
-
ture,
and
conceits
that
his
heart
is according to the
Scrip-
ture; but
iioty
hee
dotti
not
finder
that
the
more
bee
refs,
the