T hi rdly, fu ffcrings Jre fuch tedious ~ : rbmt?s to Y')U , .as you cannot endure ro think .of tht-m afore· hand, much 1etfe I make ~ c counr of them . fo as to pPep:ue. forth ~m , fu ·h thoughts would trouble you,thev wou!d dampyourcarnalj~y·, youcouldno"go.: onfoqu~edyand fe~ .cu rt' !y i n rhe t:: fl joyment of your con.. ·tentmen ·s in l·he .wodd, as now you do, wh .. n y . ' U put otfall thoughts of fuff~ring a,y tro :ble. . · • . , , But ltt fuch know, that refo!ution a- · R.efolution.r ~ • fore-hand m ;y fta•1d \~ ith broice-nefie of . for Shrift · · necenary :heart ,_from the fight and fenfe o f our and how' own in-ab ility; ~nd when it is a rcfolu- ~ttainc:.d . · ·tion of fai th , it arifeth .fro m the C nfe of our own weak1etfe, and dep~ndence · upon God.for ihength: none are more fen fi b le o f their own weaknelfe, then they who are moft re(otved, who[erefo~ lutions :1 re ra1fed by their fair a; for faith is an emptyingo grace, whereby rhefgufe goes out of it felf for . all ftrength and fupp ly<>f all good from another; · and for fuch refoltltien.r which havefuch ~ ·a princ iple, weoughtalltolabour. For firfi:,. it hrjngs much eafe and · ·t '} 1 ·~omfort to a gracious heart; when it is _ , · 0 . freed . .; (.
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