3 aS Ccnfiderations to faipport the hearts' of thofe that hunger ñculty lyes in gaining that; It is a greater work for the, will to i be conquered & brought into fub ecrlion unto C o j,then for any Man to doe the thing that Cod criftc a uires,God cloth more look of the gayning of the wino obey, then if ro be we were able to do the thing that we defre : We would think,that could we but 'do the thing chat we defre, we tliould be happy, and that th _w we flaould be. accepted ; Know for,thy comfort, that what thou wantefi in obedience to the will of Cod, if thy will be gained with def re to obey God, God Both accept of he will, as if fo be thou Wert able to do the thin, to the ucter.r.oft of thy de- fire : Iathe 2 Cor: K. to. faith the Apofile there. who have begun before, not onely,ta doe, but alto to be forward a lure ague : you did such a thing, but herein I do not fo much commend you, as in this, that youhad a will to do ir, before you had a- bility ; the will was prefent, long before you had the a- bility to doe ; The Apoflle commends them more for having will to fulfill the mind of God, then to do it to their power: Thou hungrefl after God,and thou wouldeft enjoy communion with him, thou wouldefl ferve and honour him to the utter - moll, thou wouldeft look upon it as a great priviledge if the Lord would enable thee to pray, and fanotiRe his name as o- ther Saints doe, but thou canfi not attain to the doing of what thou dolt delire, know that God is as much honoured in thy Will tó doe, as if lobe thou did'ft doe the. thing, this is more 'then if thou couldefi do the thing : An hypocrite may do any externall ad ,there'sno externall ac`t of obedience but an hypo- crite may come up to the mannaging of it, but the will of an `hypocrite is never brought under the, obedience of the truth : therefore this-may be a great fupport to our odes when we find our wills brought under : though we want a power for _o doe : Thou art weak and hat} many fa) lin sin'thee, and thou canfi not doe what thou wouldeft do : thou wouldefi obey more, thou wouldeft pray better ; O know for ; by comfort, that Cod bath the better part of thee, that which is thy belt part God path obtained, and that which he (loth nio`t. rarize: thereto; e do hou look upon it as the 13..11 part, and do thou prize'the gayning of thy will more then any fervice thou art able
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