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Defçription

of

the nature

o

f

falt

in-árilsaf:9n

to

the`Gdf

P,

619

your

of

the

thin;

;

it

is fait

that

favoureth every thing

almoa

that

we have

in-1'e

for

;

As

if

Chrif

&hould

fay

,

Mens

hearts

naturally

are very unfavory, though

they

have

excellent parts,

yet

how unfavory

are

their

fpeeches

and aetions

?

fo

that come

to places

where

there

was

never

any

preaching of

the Gofpel

heard of

how unfavory

will

you

rind

the

fpirits of people

that

know

little

of

God

?

A

gracious man cannot

endure

to

tarry long

among&±

them,

and

the

unfavorineflè of

their

hearts

dot

h

make all

their duties to

be unfavory,

what ever

duties

they

performe

to God,

there

is

nothing but

unfavorineife

in

them,

it

is

as

unfavory

meare to you,

that

all

people that

live

without

the Gofpel,

.

that

have

not the Gofpel

prevailing on

their

hearts,

all

the duties that

they performe

are

as

unfavo-

ry

to God,

as

unfavory

tneate

is

to

you

;

Now,

faith

Chri{

},

you fhall

go.e

and preach

the

Gofpel,

to

make

their

hearts

fa-

vory,and

then

they fball

be

acceptable

to God,the duties they

performe

{pall

be

favory

unto

God,their

company

fhallbe fa-

'tory

to

the

Saints

:

whereas now

a

man or woman

that had

nor

the Gofpel prevailing

on

their hearts,

when he came

into

the

company

of

the

Saints,

then

he could

not

favour

them;

but

now

when

the Gofpel

comes

to

him

, then

he

can favour

their

difcaurfe,

he can pray

favorily

,

and

doe other

duties

with

favour.

Meth:

16 Chap.

2.3

verfe.

But

he

turned

Ned

raid

unto

Peter,

Get

thee behindme

, Satan,

thou

are

an

offence

unto

me

;

far

thou favourejk

not

the

things

that

be

of

God,

bsee

thafe

that

be

of men.

Come

and propound

the molt

c

llnt

and glorious

truths

of

God

in

the Gofpel, yet they

not

favour

them, their hearts being

unfavory

they cannot

favour

the

things

of

God.

Romans 8

Chap

:about the

beginning. For

they

that

are

after.

the

fle(h,

doe

mind

the

things

of

the fle(h.

Men

before

the

Gof,e1

comes have

unfavory

fpirits,

but

when

the

Miniflery of

the

ofpel comes

amongl}

them, then they

&hail

favour

things

in another manner,

then

ever

they

have

done.

Thirdly/ ,

Ye

are

the

fait of

the

earth

;

fait

it

keens from

putrifau

ti

^en,

and

nreferves

;

and that

is

the

reafon

of

that ex-

preG1ion

we

have

in the

IS

Chap. of

Numbers

,

the 19 verfe.

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