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8

Gold

Xernilsion.

ueíft.

Aniw.

reft

:

Thou that

walkeft

in

the

Wildernefs of

thy

fins

and

haft

thy heart hardned againft

all

the

Truths of

God.

But

now, if God

has come

in

to thee,

and opened

Canaan,

and

brought

you any

clußers

of

thofe

Grapes

;

revealed

the myfte_

ries

of

the Gofpel

and

pardoning grace

through Chrift

:

If

you

now

hang

off,

and

be

longing after the Onions

and

Gar-

lick

of

Egypt

;

fear and

tremble,

left

God

fhould fwear you

fhould never

enter into

reft

:

you that are

wicked,

unclean

perlons,

that

went on

in

fin,

though you

had force

light

of

Nature

that

caufed Confcience

to

check

you

;

yet

God

was

patient,

and

your

condition

was

not

fo dangerousaíithen. But

now,

after

the

hearing

of

this

grace

of

the Gofpel

and

par-

doning mercy,

a

Drunkard,

an

unclean

perfon, or

a

vile

liver

now,

is

in a

thoufand

times

of

more danger,

left

God

fhould

fwear againft him now than

before

:

Take

heed in

every act

of

the renewal

of

thy

fin

, thou

art

in

danger

left

God

in

his

wrath

fwear

againft

thee

that thou Ihalt

never enter into

refs.

Well,

If

the cafe

be

fo,then

you

may

fay;

What (hall

we

do

that

we

might

not

difhonour

this

fwe.et

and

precious

grace,

but that

we might

honour God

in

it

?

Is

this

the frame

of

thy

heart

to

be

careful above all

things

in

the

world,

that thou mighteft

not

difhonour

this precious

grace

?

Does

thy

heart

work

thus

?

Lord,

whatever

I

have

been

heretofore, though

I

have

been

a negligent vile

wretch

;

yet

for

time

to

come,

it

(hall

be

the

work,of

my

foul

to

give

up

my

felf

unto

what ever

God

(hall

(deal,,

unto me,

that

I

may not

di

(honour God

:

Is this

the

frame

of

thy

fpirit

?

the

Lord

keep

it

fo.

Now

that

I

might direct

you

in

this

great point,

I

shall r.

Thew

who they are that

are pardoned

;

for

that will

be

a

foundation

for direction

;

and

then Zly,

Thew

you what

you ought to

do

to get

it,

what

we are to put

you

upon,

if

you

find

not Evidence

of

it

:

And

then

31y,

What

is

to

be done

for

the honouring

of

the grace

of

God

by thofe

that

have force comfortable Evidence

of

ir,

CHAP.

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