on the Excellency of the Seul. 32 3 the more his heart is wrought upoli by the Scripture, and dai- ly grows to bee liker and liker to the Scripture, to come nearer and nearer to what is required in the Scripture; but now when a gracious heart doth reft upon Scripture , it lindes that daily it doth grow nearer and nearer to the Scripture, and that works daily more and more upon it; and indeed this is the way to grow in fanttificatton, and to make our hearts like to the Scriptures. Fall upon feveral places, and let your fouls refit upon them for eternity, and fo youwill finde your hearts to grow more and more like to chofe Scriptures, and the power of thofe Scriptures will appear more and more in your hearts and converfations, This is the way of the Saints that have hopes to bee Tared. Secondly,Again,thofe hopes that are to be rafed,are hopes 'that are not wrought in the foul by the power of the Holy Ghoft : in the forenamed Chapter, The God of hope fill you with all boy and peace in'beleevtrg, that you may abound in hope throtsçh the power of the Holy Ghoft. That hope that is right for falvation, is fuch a hope as is wrought through the power of the Holy Ghofl : Now then, that hope that is in men and women, which is born with them , and hath lived with them all their daies, that fprings from the root of nature, for fo that that is born with us, and grows up with us all the daies of our lives, I fay, it fprings from a root of na- ture and fo the hopes of molt people , they are no other but fuch as fprings from a root of nature; come from one to another , and ask them, do you think to bee laved ? I, I hope fo; how long have you hoped fó ? ever lince I can remember, I thank God; I, I thought fo; it is a hope that fprings oat of the root of nature , and therefore you have hid it ahvaies, whereas the true hope 'of the godly for falvatioaa, it is a hope wrought in their hearts be the Al- mighty power of the Holy. Ghoft. And I appeal to you nmv, what Almighty power of the Holy Ghoft have you felt in your hearts to raife up thofe hopes that you have in you? - -- For tertain1y the grace Sit of
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