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z

o4

Goj]el

IRemysion.

motion

of

the

heart

this

way

is

worth

all

the

world,

in

A.

2.

we

read, there

were many thoufands

that

had

their

hearts pricked

at

hearing

the Word preached,

and

they

cryed

out,

Men

and

brethren,

what

frall

we

do

to

be

Paved

?

O th

.t

there

were

a

difpofïtion

in

the

hearts

of

men

to

cry thus;

we

fee

it

is

our

bleffednefs

if

we have

it

;

and

if

we

have

it not, we

are

all

curfed

for

ever

;

What

thall

we

do

.

to

get it

?

Mar.

ro.

x7.we read

of

one

came

running

after

Chrift,

faying,What

fall I

do

to

be

faved

?

O that

your

hearts were

now.

in

fuch

a

frame to

conic.

running after

Chrift,

faying

What

fhallme

do

that

our

fins

may

be

pardoned-? but

before

I

come to any

thing

elfe,

it

is

neceffary by

way

of

-

caution

or

provifo

to

fay

three or

four things.

.

Firfl,

This

;

that

althou

I

mull

,

h

fee;

after

God

for

the

pardon

of

fn,

yet

know

there

is

nothing in

a

natural

man

that

is or

can

be

acceptable

;

all his

endeavours

have

not

that

in

them that

can

gain

him

acceptance

with

God

:

Poi

then to

what

purpofe are

we to

endeavour to

do any

thing

?

yes, we

tauft

be

ftriving

after

the

pardon

of

fn

,

although without

Chrift

we

can

-do

nothing

;

and

,a

bad

tree

cannot

bring

forth

good

fruit,

yet

it is. to purpofe that, we

be

doing, for

God

l.ikes,well

the exercife

of

the work

of

common gifts.;

though

they are not

faving,

and to

eternal

life,

yet God

likes the

exercife

of

them

fo

far

as

there

is

any

thing

good

and

corn-

mends them

;

when

that

young man

came

to

Chrift,

Mar.

x

o.

2

r.

Chrift lookd

upon

him

and

loved

him, though

not

with

fuch

a

love

as

to

fave

him

and

.bring

him to

eternal

life,

yet

God

did difcover

love,

to

fuch a

one

;

therefore

it

is to

fame

pur-

pofe

that

a

man fhould put

himfclf

on

doing what

he

can,

if

it

ke,only

for

that.

-

.

It

is:

to

fame

purpofe

that

the

heart

be

ftirring

after

God

and

Chrzj,bccaufe

hereby

we

fhall

evidence

that

to

are

not

f)

negligent

of

God

andChrift,and

the

things

cf

eternal

life

os we

there before.

?.

't

is to

f

me

purpofe,

for

in

the

ftir-

ringof

the

common

works

of

Gods

Spirit,

God many

times

comes

in

with

faving.workr

;

for

_God

works

not upon-

men

as

upon

flocks

or ftones,

but

God

puts them

on

by

furring

up

the

common

works

of

his

Spirit,

and at

that

time when

they

are

moft

in

flirting'

it,

is

.Geds

ufual

way to come

in

with

the