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Reproof
of
tóofe
that
elo
not
kisger,,
Thirdly,
When
Wiens
delires are
abfurd,
fuch
delires are
£alfe,
they defire grace,and
yet
live
in
that
which
is
quire
Con-
trary
ro
grace,
which
isinconfifient
with
grace, they
would
have grace
and
righreoúfneífe,
but
they would
have
their
kits
to.To
defire
righte.oufïlefle and
yet
to
take pleafure
in untigh-
reoufnefle':
how canfr
thou
fay
thou
def
ref+
after
righteouf_
fiefïe
:
But
you
will
fay,
Is there
not
forne
unrighte-
oufnefs in
the bell,
have
not
they
their
weakneifes,do not
they
fin as
well
as
others,
thofe
that
make
great profeflion?
...
Anfwer, Though
there
be
unrighteoufneffe
in
the
befi,
yet
there
is
no
taking pleafure
in
unrtghteoufnefle, taking
piéafure
in
unrighteoufnefle, cannot
fland with
defire after
rrghteouf-
nefs
;
Therefore
thòfe
delires
which
are
fo abfurd
as
to
defire
grace,
and
yet to
defire;alfo
that
which
is
inconfiflent with
grace,
o
not
true.
Fourthly,
Such as
fatisfie themfelves
in
cold
and weak
de-
fires,
whofe
delires are
turned
all
into wiihings
and
wó!.
1-
dings, they could'wilIr
that
they
had
grace,
and
O
that
they
had righteoufneffe,
O that they were
delivered
from wrath
to
come, but they are not
fo
peremptory
upon
it
as
to
con-
clude,
I
mull
have
it
or
i
dye ,
now
thefe delires they
come
to
nothing, they
will not grow up,
a
man
that delires
grace
for.
it
felfe,
he
is
refolved
upon
it,
he muff have
ir,
as
the
hungry
man
that
is
ready to
famifh for want of
bread,
give me
bread
or
hdye,
give me
food
or
I
perifh,
fo
faith
the
foule, give
me
grace,
let
me
have
Chrift or
I
am
undone for
ever,
what
will
it
do
me good
to
have aboundance
here,
and
yet
to
have
no
grace, thefe
are like
little
fpriggs,their delires are
fuperfluous
as
the°little
fpriggs
that
come
out of the body or root of
the
tree,
which
do not bare
any
fruire, but
Both
the
tree
a
great
deale of hurt, they draw
fap
from
the
root of the tree
and
hinders fruit-bearing,
fuch
delires and wifhes
as
thefe,
they
will never
fatisfie
God,
neither
will
they
ever
be
able
to
fatis-
fie your
owne
confciences,
Fifthly,
When
mens
delires
are
conditional',
Conditional
delires
are
falfe
delires, that is thus,
they
would have
grace
and holineffe
fo
farre
as
might
Eland
with
fuch and
fuck ends,
and