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f
Sion.
thinkeft that Gods mercy will
work
fo
ftrongly hereafter to
fave
thy
foul
,
certainly
it
will
be
as
ftrong for
thee here to
fanftifie
thee
;
if
it
work
not
fo
ftrong
on
thee now
as
to
fan
-
`tifie
thee,
certainly
it will never
work
fo
ftrongly
for
thee
hereafter
as
to
fave
thee.
4.
Others
fay in
the
laft
place,we
are
not
only
forry
for
fin
and
reform
and
trui
in
Gods
mercy,but
we
relie
upon
Gods mercy
through
Chrift
;
and
therefore
we
hope ive
(hall
be
pardoned
:
this
1
might
{peak
much
to
;
we
m
ift
reft there,
but
there
is
a
miftake
there
too
;
the
relying
on
Chrift
is
not
relying
on
him
by
a&ing
of
fome
tranfient thoughts
that
pates
over,
but
it is
an
abiding
thing
;
when
men
hear
there
is
no
way
to
be
fared
but by
Chrift,and
they cannot deny it,and
becaufe
they are loth
to
think
they
are
fuch
as
cannot
be
faved,
they are
loth to
have
fuch
ill thoughts
of
themfelves,
and
hearing this
is
the
way,
and no
other,
therefore
they will perfwade themfelves
that they
fhall
find
mercy
through
Chrift
:
Now
what great work
is
this
fo to
rely
on
Crrift
?
the
work of
faith
is a
mighty
work,
it
is
not
a
fhort
tranfient
work,
a few
thoughts
upon
thy heart to
be faved by
Chrift
;
No5 wherefoever
faith
is
right,
and
a
true
reliance on
Chrift,
it
is
a
mighty
work
of
the Spirit
of
God,
working
this grace
in
railing the
foul_
higher
than
it
felf
,
and
carries
it
through
and above all difficulties
, when
it
brings
the
foul
to relie upon
God.
There
may
be
great
miftakes
,
when
people
fay, they
rely
upon
Chrift;
and
therefore
take
this for
convi
&ion,
Relying
on
Chrift
is
not
barely
to
think,
my
fins are
pardoned
by
Chrift
:
but
it
is
a
receiving
of
Chrift
,
a
poffeffing
of
Chriff,
a
coming
into
Chrift,
a living
an
Chriff,
and a
bringing Chrift
to
live in
me,
'tis
eating
of
the
flefh
of
Chrift,
and
drinking of
his
blood
,
and
fo finds
nourifhment
and
ftrength from
him
as
really
as
thv
body
by
the
meat
and
drink
it
takes
;
that
abides
with
is fntsln
flight
no-
tion
does
faith
to
the foul
like-
water running through
a
Pipe that
leaves
nothing
behind
it ;
for
fo
the
thoughts
of malt
people are
;
but
it is
fuch
a
thing,
as
brings Chrift
into
the
foul,
and
the
foul
into'.'
Chrift,
andfo feeds
and lives'
upon
him rhis
is
relying
upon
Chrift
for
pardon
;
fo as
to
have
the
co, .:Íomitants
and com
forts
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