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SERMON

XXI.

Q

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Conf derations

to

rapport

the

hearts

of

thofe

that

hunger

after

righteoufnef

, yet

rant

growth

in

righteoufneè.

M

A T

H. S.

6.

Bleed

are

they

which

doe

hunger

and thirft

after

righteou

fne

f

fe

:for

they

frail

be

filled.

r-o°44;::J's

HE Fourth

thing

for

the fupport

Of

fuck

foules

as

are

feeking

after Grace

in

the

ufe

of

means

but

cannot, find

that they

have

obtained

it

is

this. Confider

that

the

conqueef

of

the

will

of

a

tanner,

is

a

prin-

ciple

Worke

of

God

upon

the foule,

and

it

is

fuch

a

work

as

God doth accept of,

when

God

conquers

the will, the great

work

is

done,

the

will

it

is

the great

wheel

of the

foule,

which when

it

turnes,

all

the

1e

%r

and

inferior wheels

of

the

foule moove

likewife, and

the

great

difficulty of

bringing

a

foule

unto eternal!

life,

it

lies in

this, the

conquering

of

the wilt,

all

the inferiour

affec-

tions

they are eauly

wrought upon,

they

are even

compell'd to

obedience when

the

will

is

overcome

;

the

underfl-anding

it

maybe forced

to

afcent

to the truth

when

it

is

discovered,

the

affe&ions

they

will clofe

with

the

truth,

love

it,

feare

it,

obey

it,

when

the

will

is

gain'd

to yeeld

it

felfe up

unto the

truth:

But

now

the will, that

is

the

great hinderante, the

dif-

f1

culty