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fruit

of

his

pardoning

grace

and

favour,

and

becaufe he has

uftit

ed

thee,

he fends his

Spirit

to

work

for

-

row

and

repentance

:

Many think

Juftificationflows from for-

row

;

hit

thou

muff come to

forrow

and

repentance another

way

:

know

that

all

true forrow

flows

from Juftification

;

all

that

forrow

before

Jtftification,

it

is

but

Legal

forrow

,

and

reveals fomething

that

may

hinder the

foul

from

Chrift

,

fin, and

the

terrors

of

the

Law,

and

the

wrath

of

God

;

but,

it dots. not

intereft

the

foul

in

Chrift

;

this

I

affirm

as

molt

certain

Divinity,

that

there

is

no

forrow whereby

any foul

is

interefted

and planted in

Chrift

;

the

forrow that

is

wrought

in

them before

Juftifcation,

in

order

of

nature,

may

be a

means to

bring them to

God

, and

make

them enquire after

Chrift,

and

flir

up

their

hearts

to

take away thofe things

that

do binder from

Chrift

;

but

it

does

not

intereft

the.fóul

in

Chrit}

:

you

do

not

underifiand

the way

of

the

Gofpel,

if

you

think that

forrow

interefts the

foul in

Chrift

;

fio,

that

mull

be

by

faith laying hold

on

him

for

Juftification

,

and

then

comes

forrow of

repentance after

;

thou may 'ft

fee

thy

felf

an

undone wretch

for

fin,

and

loft

for

ever,

and

nothing

,a

in the

world

can

quiet

thee

;

alI

this may

be

by the

work of

the Law

:

but

then

God

comes

and

Thews

thee

his

grace

in

Chrift,

and enables

thee

to clofe

with

it

for

Juftification,

and

then

comes

in

Evangelical

forrow,

mourning

and

melting

forrow

more

than ever

before

:

but

now

it comes

in

another

way from

the Spirit

of

God melting

the

foul,

becaufe it

bath

finned again

II

jefus Chrift,

who bath

fo

graciouflyappeared to

it

in

his

pardoning mercy

to the

foul

;

fo

that

now

you

forrow

becaufe

you are pardoned

,

for

it

comes

as

a

fruit

of

faith lay-

ing

hold

of

the

pardoning grace

of

God

;

and

then

there

is

no

fuck

argument

in

the

world

to melt

the

heart

with

forrow

as

when faith

tells

the

foul

that

fin

is

pardoned

;

and

though thy

forrow

was

little

before,

and

now

is

greater,

thou

need'ft

not

be

troubled,

if

God

make

thy

humiliations

greater

for

fin

after

the knowledge

of

thy pardon

;

for the revelation

of

Gods grace

in

the pardon

of

thy

fin,

is

the

molt

excellent

means to

hum

-

ble the

foul

in

the

world

:

the

forrows

of

Gods

Children

after

pardon,

as

they

work

on

their

own

hearts,

fo

on

Gods

heart