317 /it AIA .1)#kS k-ilquitiitá'á'TO ri',V7017 anil s°VIT*icq sR`iF SERMON XXI. OR Conf derations to [n pport the hearts of thofe that hunger after righteoufnefr, yet want growth in righteoufnef jè. M A T x. 5. 6. Bleed are they which doe hunger and thirft after rigbteou f ne ffe : for they (hall be filled. HE Fourth xhing for the fupport Of fuch foules as are feeking after Grace in the ufe of means but cannot, find that they have obtained it is this. Confider that the conquej.1 of the will of a Griner, is a prin- ciple Worke of God upon the foule, and it is fuch a work as God doch 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 ldfler 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 will, all the inferiour affec- tions they are eally wrought upon, they are even cornpell'd to ob.dience when the will is overcome ; the underß-anding it may be forced to afcent to the truth when it is difcovered, the affetions they will clofe with the truth, love it, feare it, obey it, when the will is gain'd to yeeld it felfe u, unto the truth; But now the will, that is the great hinderance, the dif- Ìl culcy
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