Kules in feeking after Corn fort. :4t i1- ould put them upon thole things ; together with the free Grace of the Gofpel, he will present Chriíf, as a- Kingtto rule in the heart , as.weli as a Nett to offer facri ice ; and this will breed goodblood, therefore be folicitous about. the ()10- ry of God, how thou thouldetI live to his praife, as how thou fhouldeit come to get comfort to thy felfe ; For o.herwite,the greedy feeking of comfort to thy felle may come 'to be thy, undoing. Fourthly , And then farther thou naufl feek,for Comfort in order unto Grace, rather then Grace in order unto Comfort you ihalLhave thofe that vanilla and come to nothing- in their Peeking for.Grace , they onely feeke for Grace that they may have Comfort, and have no love tö Grace any otherwaies but "becatife it may bring them comfort and eafe to their, Confci:- "ences : But IA ow a godly foUle it rather feeks for Comfort for the furtherance of Grace, then Grace for the furtherance of Comfort ; why, why wouldefl thou have Comfort, why by that meanes I hope my heart will be more inlarged for God : And the more peace I give to my ioule , the greater furtherance tvill this be to the Grace that is in my foule;' and thei eföre would I have Comfort ; But an hypocrite he would hava (.;race becaufe he can have no Comfort without it ; But the other would have comfort , becaufeelfe Grace would not Ço much thrive in him: Fifthly , And then the lift rule that I would give to mour n'ers is this ; If thori canitnot'be able to exercife á Faith of,Af- furance , try what thou can{} doe to exercife a Faith of Adhe- rence, and that thou mayefi doe at any time, that every one hath liberty to doe : you will fay it's only. Believers cal; doe this But thou doefi not'know whether there be.fume feedeof Faith that is begotten in thy heart already:yea.or no; Mn . therefore let thy Condition be the faddefl that po1F bly can be conceived. Thou fayeft that thou had been fuch and fuck a wretched ruiner, tvell; we will grant it, yeti fay, this very in- Rant when thou lookefl_.üpon `thy felfe as fuctra vilddfinncr, there's nothing to the contraryburthat there may be a pu'ttidg forth of the Faith of Adherence ; that is, the .caffing of thy foule.-
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