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Cautioy7s to
them
that
doe
hunger,
yea or no
?.
Have
I
the righreoufneffe
of
Chrifl
?
Do
I
feel
the
worke.
of
the
Holy
Ghoil
carrying
my foule
to
Chrill,
and
fo
enabling me
to
reit
upon
his
righteoufnefs,
and
then
is
the
Holyhoiì
a
comforter
unto
me
as a
fruit of this,
then
it's
good; If
thy comfort comes
as
a
fruir of
the
act
of
thy faith,
calling thy felfe upon
the righteouineife
of
Jefus
Chrill,
other_
wife thy
comfort
may
be but
to
pleafe
thee,
and
fatislie thee
a
a
while,
and
fo
take
thee
off
from
further
purfuite after
this
righteou;nefs
:
That
is
the,
only
thing
will
hold
,
and
make
thee to
(land with
peace before the Judgement
-Seate
of
God.
A third Caution
is
this
;
In
reeking after this
righteou
nehîe
of Chrill
take
heed of
reafoning with flesh and blood
;
Take
heed
of carnail reafonings,
and arguing
how can this
thing
be,
that
fuch
a
one
fo
vild
and fo
wretched
as
I
am,and
-fo
ungodly
as
I
have
been, that ever God
fhould
have
fuch
love
and
fuch
regard
as
to
fend
his
Son
to
be
made
a
curie, to dye,
and ro
work
out
a
perfect
righteoufnefs
to cloath
my
foule with
:
I
have heard of
the
glory of this righteoufnefs, and
how
can
it
be that ever
my
foul Should
be partaker
of
it,
this
is
to
reafon
with
flesh and blood
;
thou
muff in
thy purfuire after this,
have
that
reafoning
of flesh and blood
to be
fwallowed
up, and faith
alone
mull
be advanced in
it
;
If
faith
be
not
put to
this
great point, there
will never be
any
good
done
of
it
;
If
reafon come
in,
reafon
will
fpoile
all,
for
it's
above all
.
reafon, it's infinitely fupernaturall
,
Reafon
(faith
Luther)
ù
molt
terrible
enemy to
faith,
and
it's
a
great mitlery of Godli-
neffe
that the
Angels themfelves
delire to
pry into,
and
to
wonder
at,
and
therefore Chtiflians mull even
(as
it
were)
íhut
the
eye
of
reafon, and
exercife faith
upon
it,
it's
only:
that that
can
bring peace unto thy foule.
Fourthly, And then the
lai}
thing is,
ô
take
heed
above all
of
turning this grace
of
God into wantonnefie,
Tooke
to
that;
you
have heard this righteoufnefs of the
Son
of
God
open'd
and
the glorious properties of
it,
the
excellency of ir,
the
cue
-'.
fireablrs;ífe
of
it,it
rh;:
t
that
very
few hearts
can
bear,
they
cannot
bare
it,
we find
is
by
experience that
men
and women
that