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9,,ezny

.rion

upon

their

good

defìres and

endeavours

wh

en

their

hearts

are

mightily

firr'd

,

and they

wonderfully

i,nlarged

then

they

mike

no

queítio;

but

all is

done

,

and

they

quiet

their.,

hearts with

that ,

and

think there

is

no

fur

-

ther

work

to

be

done

;

but it

is

not

fo

;

Not

of

Lin

that

willeth, nor

of

him

that

runncth,

but

of

God

that

fbew-

eth

mercy

;

though we muff will,

and

we

muff

run, yet

there

may

be

running and

firiving

to

enter

in

,

andyet

not

enter

;

this

is a

very great Point,

to let

us

fee all

of

us

what

need we

have

of

the free

grace of God

in

pardoning

of

our

fin.

Fourthly,

Though

God

does

not

tie

himfelf

to

core

in

to

pardon

upon

thefe

preparatory

work!

going before, yet

it

is

.orthy

of

the

utynofi

endeavours

of

any

foul in

the

world,

thw

there

is

a

poffibility

of

the

obtaining

of

it

;

though God

tie

not himfelf to

give

pardon

on

thofe

works

,

yet

there

is

en

Hugh

ih

it

to

require the

utmoft endeavours

of

any

one

to

be laid

out. Could

we

do ten thcufand times

more

than

we can

, even

the

very

'poffibility

of

obtaining

par-

don

,

is

worth

the

calling

forth of

all

our

firength

;

know that

the

very

poffibility

of

having

fin

pardoned,

is

enough to

let

all

your

hearts

a

work

to

feek

after

it,

though God

do

not tie

himfelf

to come

in

then

and

par-

don

;

'tis not

thus,

that

God

would

have his

creature

leek

unto

him,

and then

all

fhould

be

left

unto that

feeking

;

no,

for

if

that were granted

that God

did forefee

fomething

that

his

creature would

do,

and upon

that

he would give

h

m

pardon,

then

all

the

world would

be

faved

;

but all

the world

do

not

what they

can

;

if

God

had

tied him-

felf

to

come

in

then when

men

do

what they

can

all

the

world

might

be

faved

;

but

it

is

not

fo

:

God

hath left

it

fo

that

he

will

have his

creature (do what he can)

to

relie

upon

him

;

and

when

he

doth

come

in,

then

he

enters into

the

grearefl

and

ftrongeft

bonds

that

can be

to

do his

crea-

ture

good

;

but

I

come

to

inforce the

Exhortation

for to

Leek

after the

pardon fin.

You

will

fay,

Hots

muff

we

feel,

it

?

and

what

is

to

be

done

?

Firff,