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t

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6

Go(cl

Xemf

siora.

againft

the

grace

of God,

that they

know not what

to

fay,

but

go

away

for

half

an

hour,

and

they

will

have

the

fame

ob-

jec`ttons

as

if

never

any

thing

had

been faid

unto them, cer-

tainly there

is

more

evil in

this

,

than you

are aware

of,

this

limiting

and

determining

of

Gods grace

:

'tis true, there

is

reafon to

judge

your

felves

unworthy,

and

that

God

may

deny

you,

but

that

God

will deny

you

is

another thing

;

there

is

a

great

deal

of

difference

in

there

:

fome when

they

are

put upon the

ufe

of

means,

will confefs

they ought to

at-

tend

upon

them,

andthat

they

will do

it,

but

yet when I

have done

all,

I

have

little

hopes that

God

will

deliver

me,

but

I

fhall

dye

and

perifh

in

my

fins,

as

that woman,

z

Kings

12. i7.fays

fhe,l

am

a

poor

Woman,

I

have but

a

ha-idful

of

meal

in

the

barrel,and

a

little

Oyl

in

a

Crufe,and

am

gathering

two

flicks

that

I

may

eat

it

and

dye

;

fo

much

as

I

have

I

am

preparing,

and

when

I

have

eaten

this

I

muff

dye,

thus

fays

many

a

foul,

I

may

go hear the word

and

pray,

but

to little

purpofe

;

But

I

will

go

and do

them and then

I

muff

dye.

It

is

but

little that

I

can

make

of

Prayer,

when

I

have

fpoken

two

or

three words,

I

am

prefently diftrac`ed with wandring

thoughts.

Two or

three

flicks

I

may lay

together, but

when

I

have

done

that,

I

mutt

dye.

Now

know

and

confider this

day,

what from

God

fhall

be

faid

unto

you,

thou

much

difhonour-

eft the pardoning grace

of

God.

Firft,

Know

it

is

very

low

thoughts

thou

haft

of

the

pardoning

mercy

of

God,and what

Chri

fl

bath purchafed,and what

God

bath intended

from

everlafting in

the

Covenant

of grace,

to

thofe

fouls

for whom

he intends

good

;

and

though for

his

inten-

tions

he

keeps

them to

himfelf

(

and

would not have thee

meddle

with

that)

till

he

manifeft them

in

the

work

of

grace

,

yet

in

the

mean

time having revealed no

further,

but

that

thou

mail

have

it

as

well

as

any

other,

he expects

from

thee

that thou fhouldft venture thy felf

upon

his

grace through

his

Son

Jefus

Chrift,

and

though thou

fail

thou

art

vile,

un-

worthy,

and

after the

ufe

of

means,

that thou

art

unprofi-

table, vain,

full

of

wandring thoughts

and

deadnefs,

and

therefore

thou canft not

expec`f

grace

;

know

that

thou

haft

but mean

thoughts

of

the grace

of

God,

that

fett'ft

fuch

things