Confderations to fupport the hearts of thole that hunger &c. 329 able to do befides : Moft people think the will is nothing, but would do better, many fay my heart is good, and my will to, i would be better if I could : thou dolt not know what the changing of the will means, that haft fuch flight thoughts of the gaining of the will; It's the diffïculteft work of all, even the gaining of the will ofLthe foule of a firmer ro the obedience of the truth. Fifthly, Know for thy further comfort, where there is the 'call degree of grace, there will be encreaíing, there will be a growth: where there is true feed fown there is the blefhiug of God ink, and God that bath begun his good work, will final it in his good time : God never begins a work and lets it lye, he doth atwayes perfect his own works; Gods works are like himfelfe, as God is perfe& in himfelfe, fo what ever he works upon the foule he works perfeffly, and however weak and feeble Grace may be at the firR, yet know that God as he herb begun, io he will carry on to perfecting the work. When thou f ndeff thou haft a delire after good, and longeft after this righteoufneffe, and canif not do what thou wouldeft, thy defires are better then thy ability, thou fhouldeft reafon thus, that God makes thee to fee the vanity of thine own heart, in thinking it an eafie matter to overcome corruption, a thing of nothing to Rand againft a temptation, herein thou fhouldcft fupport thy felfe, now the Lord convinces thee of this thing, . thou findeft a difficulty in it, and canif not doe it mow hereby thou art convincedof thy folly and vanity, be quiet then in fubmitting to rhè dealings of God in this thing; God do-h not intend me any hurt in this ; We fhould not make fuch hard and ill conftru (ions of Gods dealing in this kind, but we fhould improve fuch difpenfatinns of God for. our good ; as thus to conclude, that the Lord in this do -h not intend my ruin:, but the di`ccovery of that foolish opinion which I had formerly, what an eafie matter it was to overcome the bife diftempers of mine own heart : The Lord now intends by keeping me low in a fad condition, that thereby hemight raite me up unto higher glory,that he might prepare me fo- greater degrees of comfort; he keeps me low, and in a fad ccS tdicion, V v that
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