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2

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Rules in

feck,

afi.er

Comfort.

foule

uron

the Free Grace,

and;the

full

Grace

of

God

in

Lhrill,

and.cle.aving

to

it

:

--

You

will

fay,

But

I

May

pre-

it

me,

Have

I

any

right

to

it

?

---

I

fay

this, There

is

n.:ver

any

ioule

had any ocher

right

to

the promise

of

Grace, but

by

:calling

it

felt::

upon

it,

LkIE

gave is

right

:

Now

it

may

be

thou

haft not the Faith

of

Afluratnce, that

ic,

ro conclude thus,

well,

Chrilt

is

mine,

and

becaufe

I

know

he is

fo

,

therefore

i

will

miff

and

believe

in

bun. But

thou

=yeti

doe

thus,

I

fee the

promife that

is

tendred

to

wretched

finfull

creatures,

and

therefore

though

I

doe

not

know that

he

is

mine

yet

I will

venter

my foule

and

eternal! eflate

upon

it

:

I

will

lie

here

and

roule my

Soule

upon

this Free Grace

of

God in

Chrill

for

pardon,

and

likewise

for

San&ti

ication

and

Salvation,

and

for

all

good

:

This

is

the

way

of

getting comfort

:

I

fay

to

endea-

<vour.what

you

may

to put forth

an

acl

of

the Faith

of

Adhe-

rence

in

cleaving, though thou canit

not put forth

an aet

of

Aifürance

:

--

Thus

I

have

endeavoured

to

fpeak

to

tho

e

that

are

mourners

to

comfort

them

;

For

Chrili

faith

,

they

'hall

have

comfort

:

If

I

could

but

now

bring the promife that

Chrill

bath made here

to

anyone

Soule, though

it

may

fall

out

fo

that

force may

be

hardened

and

abufe

what

is

laid;

yet

it

will

be enough, and

Chrifl

will

accept

of

it

;

If

the

comfort

promifed

may be

brought

by

this

Sermon home

to

any

one

foule,

Chrill

faith,

Thou

(halt

6e

comforted

;

but

how

ihàll

this

be

effe&ed but by

the

Word,

and

therefore thou

doefl well

to

come and

attend

upon the

word

:

It

may

be

thou

haft

come

often times

to

hear

the

word,

I

but

it

bath

not comforted

thy

foule,

there

bath

not

been

a

union between

the word

and

thy

foule

,

and

fo thou haft gon

away

comfortletfe

;

Well,

yet

come

againe ;

doe

not fay, that

it

is

in vaine

for

me

to

attend

the word, for

I

have

heard,

I

amfaire,

as

precious

truths

de-

livered

as

ever

can be

heard by any,and

I

have

not

found them

to

comfort

me

;

Well,

though

they

have

not

at

that tiine,there

bath

not

been

a

clofe between thy heart

and

thole

truths,

yet

flit!

come againe

and

againe,and

at

length there

will

be-.a

clofe

between

the word

and

thy

foule

;

and

that

may

be

darted

into

thy

foule

by

the

Spirit

of

God in

one

fentence, that thou.had'fl

not