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18

6

GoiJ

el

1.

em

f

Sion.

there

is

one, two,

or

three, that

they

can

catch hold

on

;

but

there are

force

others they

cannot take

hold

of

them

:

if

thou

findeft but one

of

them in

thy

heart,

though

thou can'ft

not

feel

or

fee

the

other, yet God doth

fee

the

other

to

be

there

within, though they

be

not made

fo fenfible

to you

;

and

therefore

foul

take hold

of

that which you

can fee

or

feel,

and

be

afi'uredthe

other

are

there,

though they are not

feen

;

if

thou

can'ft

take

hold

of

one link

of

a

chain,

and

all

the

other

be

faftened

to

it

thou

may'ft

be

able

to

draw

the whole

chain

unto

thee

;

for

by

taking

hold

of

one

link

thou takeft

hold

of

the whole, though thou

toucheft not the

other

;

fo in

the

work

of Gods

graces, they are

as

a

link united

to

one

another,

and

if

you

can

lay hold

of

one

link

you may

be

affured

of

the

other,

although

you

fee

them

not

;

it

is

with

many

in

this

point

as

it

is

with

force

ignorant

man,

the

Phyfician

tells

him,

he

muff take

fuch

a

thing

that

muff

have thefe and

thefe

ingredients

in

it;

and when

the Apothecary

has

mingled all,

it

may

be

but

one

of

thefe

things

can be

feen in

the colour

and

outward

appearance

;

perhaps

force

one

fyrup

may take

up

all

the

colour

in

the

outward

part

;

and when it

is

brought

to him,

Pays

he, I

muff have fo

many Ingredients

in

it ,

and

1

fee

but one

;

I,

but

though you

fee

but one

, yet

there

may

be

the

efficacy

of

all

in

it

, though

but

one give

the co-

lour;

fo

it

is

with the graces

of

Gods

Spirit,

though

at the

prefent

force

one appears

,

yet

there

may

be

the

efficacy

and

power

of

them all

in

the

foul, though there

appear

but one

;

perhaps

it

is

in

this

cafe

, as

among many ingredients you

can

fee

and

tart

but

one,

yet

there may

be

the power of

twenty there, though neither

feen

nor

tafted

;

fo

it

is

with

the work

of

God

in

the foul,

fometimes it may be,

that there

is but one

grace to

be

feen,

tatted, or felt,

and

yet where

that

oiie is,

there are

all the

other

;

fo

that, that

is

one

rule

when you look

for

Evidences

and

Signs,

if

you

can find but

one

in

your

fouls,

all

are there

'

as

it

is

in

fin, where

one

fin hach

Dominion over the foul, though the others

be

not

feen,

yet

we

are to know

that other

fins

have dominion over

the

foul

too;

though

force men live

under

the,flavery of

one

fin

more than another,

as

one

man under the power

of

Govetouf