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Want
ofineellneffe
caufe
of
fufpition
whether
any
true grace..
that
froward
and paffìonate
people ufe:tohave
fuch expreflions:
&will,
and
I
will,
and
I care
not, their
hearts
are
not fubdued
to
the authority
ofGod
;
The heart
that
is
fubdued
to
the Lord
and
to
his
authority, come
and
bring
it but
a
Scripture
it
yields
.
preCently,
but
a
froward fpirit
is
not
fo
:
how
contrary
is
fro-
wvardnefle
to true
grace.
Fifthly,
As
foon
as
ever there
comes any
grace,there
comes
in the
Spirit
ofJefus
Chrift to the
foule,
that
makes
the
foul in
fome nieafure
to
be like unto
Jefus Chrift..
Now the
Spirit of
Chrifi
as
I
(hewed
you
in
the opening the excellency
ofineek-
nèffe
the
lafi
day,
it's
a
fpirit of meekneffe, Learne
of
roe
for
am
meek,
now
this
frowardnetje of thine being oppofite fo
much ro
the.
Spirit
of
Jefus
Chrift, it's
oppofite
to
the
work
of
grace.
Sixthly,
Grace
when
that
conies
in, it
brings light
into
the.
foule,
it
brings wifdo
ee
to the
fouie,
and
guides
it
wifely,
naturally
we
are foolifh
as
wellas
difobedient,
we
are darknefs
it
felfe, but
noW
there's
no
difpofition of
foul
that
is
in
great-
er
and
thicker darkneßë
then
froward
and
padionate
people,
paffìpn
doth exalt
folly,
fuch
a
foule
is
not guided
by
and therefore very contrary
to
the
wotke
of
grace.
Againe Seventhly,
You
know
the promife
of the
Gofpell.
it
is
to meeken fpirits,
to
meeken
men,
when
the Gofpell
comes, then the
Wolfe
and
the
Lamb
(hall
lye down
together,
thofe
that
-were
of
wolffh
fpirits
;
and the Lyon
and the. Ox
(hall
eat together, there
fhall be
a
great deale
of
peace,
love
and
quietnelfe where the Gofpell comes, now-then, that
which
is
contrary
to
the
worke
of
the
Gofpel;
is
contrary
to
the
work
of
grace
in
the
heart,how
hash
the
Gofpell
been fullfiliedthen
if
it
bath come
into thy
foul
ro
caufe
a
quietneûe
in
thy heart
and
there
is
none
I befèech
you
that
propheffe
godlinelfe
to
confider
there's
moredanger
in
a
froward
paflionate
fpirit
then-
you
are aware of;
and
though
you may
think
becaufe
you
make
profeffìon, and
come
to
Beare
the word,
and fpends
a
great
deale
of time
in
prayer
and
falling, andnolging after ordinan-
ces,
you
think now
that certainly
you have
glace, but
you may
be miftaken. the.frowardneffe
of
your
hearts maybe
your bane
eternally,:,