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GoJpel

kria

fsiorP.

further,

and

if

we go

no

further,

we fhould

certainly perifh

and

therefore

if

we go

but

thus

far,

it

is

not building

on the

Rock

Chrift

;

hence

the ground

and

bottom

of

faith for

Ju-

ffification"

cannot

be in

Reformation, or

in

any

thing

in

the

creature, it

muff

be

in

fomething

above and

without

us, and

yet

by

faith,

(wrought

in.us

) though withour

us

;

I

mean

the

Rock

Chrift,

and

the Foundation

that

is

laid

for the forgive

-

nefs

of our

fin

in

Chrift,

that

mùft

be

the

Foundation

of our

faith,

and

not

in

what

we do

our

felves

:

For

I.

.Know,

that

all

keformation

in

the

world

will not

latisfie

for

the

evil

that

you

have

done

for

the

time

pall

:

this

I

would.

convince

you of,

and

be

you willing

to

hear it,

it may

be

of

great

ufe

to

you

;

when

we preach

Chrift

and free grace ,

it

is

to bring you

to

Chrift

;

our preaching down

of

works

is

not to

keep

you

from doing

of

them,

but

from

rating

in

them

:

that

which

I

aim

at,

is

to

bring you

into

an

enquiring

frame of

fpirit,

a

reftlefs condition,

that

fo we

may

bring you

to that

which

is

the

true reft

;

and

we

fhall

be

as

glad to

bring

you into

the

true

reft,

as

now

to bring

you

into reftlefnefs

:

know,

all

Reformations

for time

to

come,

will

not

fatisfie

God

for

time

paft,

it

will

not

:

amongft

men,

if

you

have

run into

arrerages with your Landlord

for

Rent,

and

you

bring

him

a

quarters Rent

when there's three

or

four

quarters

behind,

or

may

be

two

or three years, if you

fhould think

to

pay

the

Rent of

two

or

three years with bringing the

raft

quarter

,

it

would

be

accounted

a

foolifh

conceit

;

fo

would

it

be,

if

wu

h

God

you fhould think the

duties

you do

at

prefent

,

fhould

fatisfie

for

all

the

arrerages

you

have

run

you

run

into

think

for

that

time

med

ull

you

do

not underftand Gods

way,

be fatisfied

for

all

that

is

paft by

what

you do

at

the prefent

Suppofe

what you

do now

were

perfect,

and for

all

time

to

et

come

you

never

committed

one fin

again

God

a

ly©k

01e,

yet

all this

would not

fatisfie

for

time

paft ,

time

to come,

and

does

not

at all

take

off any

thing

for

the

time paft

:

Befides,

you may

fee

matter

enough

in

your

befb

Reformations for

God

to condemn you,

not

only

for your

former

fins,

but

fins

in

your

reforming

;

but

if

there were

no

fin

in

that,

that

would

be

no

fatisfaaion

for that which

X

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