Iv1 ofes his S elfe--dtni•ll · 1 ter; burcerraineJy, rr·er.e is mo!'e'diffi~ cultie-in this worke ofFaith;then in enabling .t ~'"':o beare all the miferies .of the w,.: rld: Todoetbis, whentheSoul'e uoderftands throughlywhat the me.an.. in ~~ offinne 1s7w.b2t thatbTeach is;that it h~th made betweene G ~.)d aod it (df; when the so~.lle is truly burdened witb it, when it hath the figh of Gods inn-: nite holint: lft, and knowes what the- · ('onkqu~nce of an eternal eftatemeans, and yet for me to venture all, fo as, I am toji for ever, if!, n.ijcarrie here., and . that ~vhen I have nqth·»g to c11»mt11d ~t toGiJd, when hecanieenogoodinine., . nothing but that which his S<;>ule loath . s -~ 'nd abhorres; furely, now to venture upon.the free Grace ofGod;is amoll glorious worke·( And that'Faith that can doe thi~t, we .need not tear·, but it will carry through all outward trouble ~ . Stcondly, if your Faith can keepe · you in love to holy duties, although -}'OU find nothing come in by them: you pray, you beare, you reade, you receive SAcramtnts, and yet you finJe your heart as hard, and your corruptip 4 ons c;srryus through all ~rouhla. , .. ... r , ...... \ .....
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