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Cautions to

than

that

doe

hriager.

,-

in him,

the venturing of the

foul

upon

this

perfect

glorious

righteoufnefs,it

is

this

that

gives

right

unto the

foul,and

there

-

"fore do

not feare, but

come

then

thou hungring and

thirftiiag

foule

after this

righteoufneff

,

and open

thy mouth

and

thy

heart wide that

it

may

be

filled,

.

and

call

thy foule

here

upon

.

this righteoufnefs,

venter

thy foule and

thy eternal!

eftate,

that's the bell

way,

and

the

fooneft

way

to

have

the comfort of

Thofe that

are

hungringand thirfting after this righteouf-

nefs. Take thefe Cautions.

Theñrft

Caution I

(hall give

you, Take

heed

you

that are

feeking

after

your

part

in

this,

and

to

have your foules

to be

juflified

through this

rîghteoufnefs;Take heed that

you

do

not

fatisfie your

helves

with

any

righteoufnefs beneath

this, with

any

under righteoufnefs,' for

the Devill

will

be ready to come

in

here,

and he

doch

prevaile with

many, when

their

fns

do lye

upon their

confciences, and

they

fee they !land

as

guilty

be-

fore the

great God,

as

thofe

that are

bound over

unto

eternali

death,

and

they heare that

there

is

no

way

of

falvation

but

by

Chrift,

and they feeke

after

Chrift,

now

the Devil

feeks

to

put

them off

with

fome

other

righteoufnefs befides

this

:

O

take

heed

that

nothing fatisfies

you

but

this righteoufnefs:

It's true,

through

Gods mercy

I

have

broken off

many

ofmy

finfull

cour-

fes and

I

find this in my

heart, that

I

would

not

for

all

the

world commit

any

oneknown fin

againf+

confcience

(though in

fecret)

This

is

well, but

do not reít

in

this,

but know

there

is

a

righteoufneife beyond

this, do not think

this

is enough

to

.

fatisfie

your confciences

that

you are

brought

to

this

;

No,

nothing ihall

fatisfie my

confcieice

but

the

Application

of the

blood

ofChrift

and

his

righteoufnefie

to

my

foule.

Secondly, Take heed

that

you

be

not

put

off and

fatisfied

with

comfort,

it

may

be

you

ihall

have

mighty

flafhes

ofcom-

fort given you; when

you

are at

prayer, perhaps

you

(hall

have.

fuck flafhes

of

comfort

and ;oy as

are more

then ever

you

have

had;

fome may,

and

have had

it

fo, and

yet

afterwards

it

hath

come

to

nothing,

therefore

you

muft

not

fatisfie

your.

fely

.s

in

that,

but

think

thus;

Is

this

the

fruit

of

Chrifis

righteoufnefs,,

yea

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