8. M ofe~ hil S elfi-tleni fill, withi11 themfelvcs. We)'ead, Heh. to•. v. ~4· thofe Chri~ians there mentie.ned bc;>lcl OQt in their refolutions, to the fufferin~ the- fpoiling of thdr goods. with joy, /mowin{ within t hevzfetv'es ,that that inHea ven they hadan endu ringfu~ fta~ce, they had their principles within themfelves. , Seventhly , when refolutiotJS come meerl y from , anguijb if 'mens fpi'rits , in regard of prefent trouble that m ~n are in?~rom'the hand of God upo.n rhem,it may be then they will refvlve to doe or fufferaay tping; but thde refo]utions fddome come to any thing : It is · ftrangetbatmen th~uld' truft to them, conf.idering the. abundanca of experi1 ~nces, borh from themfel ves & others, . 0 ' that they have had of the ufuall.fal(neffe of therp. 0 • • · Eighthly, when refolution comes meerl y from convifli~n ofconfoience,and no.t from any love to truth, al.though ~onfcience fuall tell a m1n if he torfakes God and his truth, to prevent fome prefent troubles, that thAt evill which l~e fuall br\ng upon himfelf (in regard of d~~gqil~ 9f fin, and the ·wrath ef~od , . - agamft " \•. . ----- - --
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