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the
faving
wcrks
of
his
Spirit
;
therefore
it
is
not
to no
pur-
pofe
that
we
are putting
on
poor creatures
to do
what they
can.
The
fecond
Caution
is
this,
That
nhatfoevcr
-any one
doh
in
feefking
after
Chrif?
before
he
him
union
with
Chrift,
it
is
not
to
be
reckoned
on
ad
the
condition
of
the Covenant
of
Grace
or
a
Gefel
work;
there are
no
preparatory
works for
the
re
--
ceivtng
of Chrifl,
that are
the
condition
of
the Covenant
of
grace
;
though
-they
be
fuck
things
as we
muff follow
after
;
yet they
are
not
the
condition
of
the Covenant
of
grace.:
Now
that that
is
the condition
of
the Covenant
of
grace,
fandifies
him
that hath it,
and follows
upon
our union
with
CI-trill
;
though God
ufes
to
carry
on
the
foul in
the
way
of
legal
terrors,
humiliations,
and
the like
;
yet
thei
are
not
the
work
of
the Covenant
of
grace
;
and
therefore
this may
help
many
a
poor
foul
about
terrors
cf
Confciençe
and humiliations
;
that
are troubled
that they
never had
tlaofe
degrees
as
others
have
;
why
as
they
do
not
prepare
and fit
thee
for
Chrif}
;
fo
the want
of
them
is
no
hinderance to the
receiving
of
CI
rifi.
The third Caution
is
this that
follows on
the
other,
That
though you put
your (elves
upon
the
tífe
of
all
means
to
the
receiving of
Chrif,
yet
take
heedyou
do
not reft
inany of
thole
preparatory wo
f,
there's
a
great
deal
of
danger
in
that
many
fouls
miftake,
and
it
is
to
be
feared it
is
in
this, the
refling
in
fomething
that they
have
done;
it may
be
God
has awakened
their
Confciences, and they
fall
upon
work-
ing,
upon humbling and
reforming themfelves,
and
here'
they
reft
;
but
this
is
a
miftake, you mull
not
relic
until
you
find
you are
in
Chrift
,
and
until
there
be
an
union
with
Chriítandyour
fouls
;
the
work
is
not
therefore done
be-
caufe
you are humbled
and
reformed ,
and
run another
courte to
what
you d.d
before,:
for Rom.
9.
f6.'Tis
not
of
him
that
willeth,
no
of
him
that
runneth,
but
of
God
that
Pieweth
mercy
;
not
of
him that willeth; that
is,
that
hath
fome
good
aifec`fions
to
it
;
nor of
him
that
runneth, that
is,
though
his
endeavours
be
never:
fo
ftrong,
yet
'Lis
not
of
him
neither
;
many think they
have peace
in
their
fouls
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