M ofes hiiS elft-derJt&~. feHe~denyall is of the highe1t kind. . : Thirdly, this is the highet improve-: ment"ofaB outward. mercies that rria y· . be : this (.:haogc;s poorc,f!l' e¥1~ ~hing~ into mofiexcefient glorious things; it is impoffibfe to make fo f!1uch adva~ -~ nlgeofa_nyt~inginthe:v~;tdlany ?ther ; way as m th1s ·way: her~1s ~ fptntuall ; divine improvement of naturall, of . vaine drofiie'ih1ngs; here is a ·~urning of ~ ftubble and dirt. into gdld atld peJr!es, · for great,~nd p~e~ious,a~~ glpripus art:. the merctes that God uleS' ·ro recon.t.. , · pence this (elfe-.denyall \Vlrh:!ll.· · '1 · · ' , this ~df..deniall is higql y 1 · ·aq:eptable.. ~<;! - 9od, God· .lories in. '( fuch; Dalltelllit cJp e to·· . . o .:~t:l<l .d~ .paieCf>nimfetfe much inh~s reat ·Rror.· 6-. · . ~~he. is~~;\I~d a mj9;~redth be/d.-. · -C 4J!.I'o. ~vr~?i'l!it:to Hm: m.ul , g(gc:6res, fo the wprds ate, ~s wh~n a . mah· is compaifed wjth temptation to defpaire, a little br~a~qing of faith is acceptable: fa wh~~ he is compaffed wi~h ternptation offa~i~fying tbe fldh, of fe- . curitie, o~pref~mptiop~, · th~en , a lit de, much more eminent fdfe:deniall, oh · Fifthly~ · how ~cceptable is it ! . . ., ·_ I 4 ~· 4· ' -~-- I
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