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Ob,.,

Ant:.

GoJpel

Rem

fsion.

fit

down

in

this way

,

but

know

that molt

defperate pride

may

be

under

it,

and Rand

with

fuch

difcouragements.

We

know

the

molt proud

fpirits

may

be

the molt difcouraged

fpirits

,

as

the

Devil,

the Scripture

fets him

forth

to

be

as

proud

as

Lucifer, yet

none

fo

proud

as

fpirits

under

fuch dif-

couragements

:

there

may

be

much pride

in

difcouragements

,

therefore

take heed left

there

be

any

fecret,

pleating

of

your

felves

this

way, though

you

be

in

fame trouble, yet,

if

you

feel

there

is a

fecret

pleafure

in

that fmart

that

falls

upon

you and fome kind

of

contentedhefs

in

going

your

own

way,

as

many men

though they

meet with abundance

cf

Croff:s,

yet if

they go

their

own

way,

it pleafes

them much

;

take heed,

there

may

be

defperate pride

at the

bottom

of

all

this.

If

this

be

todijhonour

the

pardoning

grace

of

God

?tivhat

would

you

have

rzs

to do

?

(We

would

not (peak

it,

were

it

not

fo,

to

what

end

is

it

for

us

to Rudy,

and

pray

to

God

for light

and

help to

open

the grace

of God, ifa

little

difcouragement

of

heart

and fullennefs

of

Spirit,

íhall

turn

,all

afide, and make

all

that

we

fay to

be

of

none

effe&

:

therefore great

reafon

there

isthat

we

íhould

tell

you

this

is

a

great dithonouring

of

the

pardoning grace

of

Ged

:)

but

what,

would you

have

us

to

doubt

no

more,

Eut

go on and

perfwade our hearts our

fins

are

pardoned

and

there's

an

end

?

No,i

f

I

f

hould

fay

you could

do

this,

it

would

be

in

vain

for

me

to

by

all

this, for

it

is

not

in

your

power

to

cafe

off

all

fears

of

Gods anger,

and

prefently

perfwade

your

felves

your

fins

are

pardoned

; this

is

not

in

your power

to do

:

and

therefore

this

is

not the

thing

I

put you upon,

it muff

be

the

mighty work of God

;

in

the

2. of

Ez.ech._

when

the Prophet

lad

done

in

the

end

of

the

r.

Chap. the

next

verfe of

the

2.

Chap. he

fays,

Son

of

Man

fiand

capon

thy

feet,

but

that

was

not

enough to raife

the

Prophet,

no

not for

God

himfelf

to

fay

Son

of

Man

land

upon

thy

feet,

but

together

with

the

voice

of

God,

verfe

the

2._

there enters

into him

the

Spirit

of

God,

and

fets

him on

his

feet

;

fo

it

is

with

the Minifters of

The

Word,

we

fpeak to fouls

that

are cart down under the

burden of their

fins,

to

fair up

therrrfelves

that

they

may

riot.

always,