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ago

Row

the

flule",

pfts forth

it

felfe

in

brsniriv3.

nings in

the

wo

ke

of Gòd

upon

them,

and they begin

to think

the)

have

need

of

-torn

righteòufnels, their lives

have

been

wicked,

and how

{hall

I

be

able

to

appeare before

God

whofe

life

hash

been

fo Wicked

?

and

I

ktzv:v

not

how foone

I

may

appeare

and

therefore

I

had

need

look:,

to

make up my

peace

wr_6

God,

now upon

this there are

force

defires,and

-fuch a

one

will

fell

to prayer,

and

to

attend

u:on

the word for

a

while,

but nov'mark ir,

within

a

while, being

wearyed. and

tir'd,

be-

caufe he

,cores

not

elf

fully

to God,ano

hath

not

this righteouf-

neífe applyed

by

faith,

fomething

or ocher dock

fatisfe

this

foule,

and drawes

the heart

away

from

chofe

good beginnings

;

It

may

be when they

are

hc,ngring

and

thirfling after this righ-

té;4u#fnefs,the

Bevil

perfwades cheat

that

for them

to

live fome-

'what

better

tl

en

fojnetly,

that

that's, righteoufr effe

enough,

well that

they,wilIcioeond

upon

that they

come

to

be

fatisfi7

ed,

and

fo

they

will be forward in many publicke good

workes,

this

is

good, but

41tisftì,es

the.foule,-I

fay

the

foule

is

un-

done,

undone

.etetnak,Ay3f

ii

be

fatisfied with

this,

now

the

foul

that

God

works

ç

ävingly,bpg

t,wheta

Godputs

it to

hugger and

thiríì

thus,

nothing, in

the

world

shall

fatisfie

it,

though

the

world-

ihoe;l,d

come to

never

fo

fully, yet

that

flail

not fatisfie

himwhen the

foule

is

working after

Chrifl to

get:

pardon

and

mercy

in

him, the

foule

followes

God

in

the

life

of

all means

and

all

-

ordinances,

but

how;it

'dotb not

look

upon

chefe

as

the

right.oufúeffe

that

it

nuff.tender

up

to God, but

only

as

means

to reveale righteoufnef

e,

and

as

thofe

ordinances

that

God

-hath

appointed through

which

he

will

convey

the

vvorke

of

his Spirit into the

Joule,

to

bring

the

foule

to the

righteouf-

re4iè

of.refus

ChriR

aaad

fo

to

rea

here, and

för

want

of

the

right uowlldge

:of.thic,

it

is

that

many

thoufands

doe

mifcar-

ry in

theirprofef

ion;In the

time of their

youth

they

were

vain

and

loofe,and

aftertheycame tobe.men

and

avomenofdifcre-

.

tionthey

live

better

then

before,and'they,ifhink

this

is

conver-

fion;

Now

this

is

inifcarriage

to

miflak thofe things that are

t1te

means

-of

revealing righteoufneffe, or of conveying the

Worke

of

the Spirit, they

mif

ake

it,

and think

it's

the righte-

aufnefteit felfethat they

fbould prefent

to God,

O

no,

It's

jufn