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want
of
meek7ef.c
caufe
of
fufplcionhether
any true grace.
through
fin,
now
.,hots
contrary
to
this
is. a
froward
paffionare
heart, to the
fight
ofit's
own
vilenefs and bafenefs, what
dolt
thou fee
thy
felfetob
a
vile bale
finful
worme,
and
yet
cant+
bare nothing that-is
againí1
thee,
but prefen!ly thy heart
is
in
flame,
if
any
thing
come croffe
to thee,furely
thou knoweR
nor
thy
(elfe
;
And
Secondly, The
firft.leffon
that Chrill
teaches
any
that
comes
into
his School,
it
is
the
leffon
of
felf-
denyal, that's
the
AB
C
of
a
Chriflian
.,
whofoever
will
plow
me
let
him
deny
himfelre
Now
how
contrary
is
a
froward
pat
iionate
fpirit to
the grace
of
felf-denyall
,
which
is
the
A
B
C
of
a
Chriflian,
the
very
firf
leffon
that
Chrilt
Both
.
teach any
that come into
his School.
Wilt
thou come to
learn
of
me
?
let
that be the foundation
of
all,
you
mull
deny your
(elves,
you
mull not be fet upon
your own
mind
and own
will,and
own
thoughts
fo as
you have
been.; I
but
now
there's
no fuch
felf-
feeker
as
a
froward
heart,
what
is
it
that
raifes
palfìon
?
but
be-
caufe
I
conceive
my
Pelf
to
be
crofl,I
am
croft
in my owne
will,
and
that I
would have, whereas
did
but
felf-
denyal prevail in
the
leaft,
there
would be
way
for
meeknefsprefently.
Thirdly,
When
grace comes into the
heart, doth it not dif-
cover
to
the heart the inSnite need
it
Rands
in.of
mercy, I lye
at the
feet of
mercy,
at
the difpofe
of
mercy, and
if
mercy
comes
not in to
fave
me,
Í
am undone
for
ever
;.
now how
doth
this
Rand
with thy fight or fence, and
need of
mercy
that
art of
a
froward difpofition, and
cant+
Beare
nothing with
others,
and
yet
confeffeft
thou flandeft in
fo
much
need
of
mercy thy
felf.
Fourthly,
When
grace comes into the
heart,
it
brings
the
heart
into
fubjeaion
unto
God,
unto another rule then
it
wal-
ked
by
before, that's
a
principle work
ofgrace,,
to
fubdue
the
heart of
a
finner
to
God, the hearts
of
.fanners
are naturally
flout
and rebellious againt+.God, and go
on
irl a
t+ubborne way
til
grace comes
and
lays them
under,but
now
this
is
quite
con-
trary
to
frowardnefs and pafïìon,
a
froward
heart
would
indeed
be
above
God,
and
any
rule
whatfoever,
it
cannot
keep it felf
under
and
lie infubjeótion unto rule,
and
hence
is
the
reafon
D
d
that
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