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Gofpel
em
fsióa.
tha: complain
of
dulnefs
of
underftanding ; you
fay you
hear
excdient
myfteries
and.
do not
underftand them, there
is
furely
much
in
'akin
I
fee
f
©me
weight
and excellency
in
them
to
be
found
out, and
I
hope
God
in
time
will
difcover
them
unto me,
bug
I
know
for
the prefenr; you
take
a
courfe to
get
under-.
f
aird
ing by
attendance
on
the outward Ordinances
,
it
is
good
to
ufe
all
means,
as
reading
and
conferring with
other
Chrifti-
ans, and
pray
over what you
hear
there are
excellent
:
But
the
great
and
fpecial
means to
get
Paving
underftanding
in
the
myfteries of the Gofpel
is
this;Caft down your
fouls at .the
foot -
ftool
of God,
and
cry for pardon
of
fin
; it
may
be
guilt
of
fin.
is
upon thy
heart,
let that
be
thy work
to get off the
guilt
of
fix,
and
cry
for Gods juftifying mercy
in
Chrift
guilt
being
re-
moved,
God
will
let
out to thy
-foul
the Revelation of
his
Co
-.
venant
in a
glorious manner, he will reveal
his
fecrets
to
theet
fo
that
upon this
there
is
a
holy
boldnefs
a
f
nner
comes to have:
in the pretence
of
God.
Suppofe
a
Malefactor
come to
Court
under
his
guilt
being
not
pardoned
;
alas,
he
dare
fcarce
look
in
at
Court
-gate
;
and when he comes, he keeps
in
fome
out-
room,
and dares
not
ftir
any
further
than he
is
called ; but
take
another
that
is
pardoned,
he
comes
in boldly and
goes
from
one
room
unto
another,
yea
into
the very
Prefence
-Chamber
,
and
there
can
open his mind fully to
the King ,
and fpeak out
alL
his
heart
;
and
this
is
a,
great
difference
between
one
under
the guilt of
fin
and
another that
is
pardoned'; one
under the
guilt
of
fin.he
dare
fcarce
go to
Prayer,
and
thinks God
cafls
away
his
perfon
and
his fervices,
and
that nothing
is
regarded
;.
but
when
God
comes
to
pardon,h.e
calls
the
poor
finner that
was,
under trouble before,.to
come
and
draw
near
to him,
and
faith,
fear
not,
open
thy
mind
andheart
to
me, Lam..3.
5.5,
56.
57.
I
called
upon
thy
Narne,O
Lord,out of
the
low
dungeon.
57.In
the.
day
that
I
called
upon
thee thou
drewelt
near
and
faiditfear
not
Every
poor
foul
that
is
juftifìed, may fay,
God
knows when
I
was
under
the guilt of
fin,
I
was
cafe
into the
low
dungeon,,
and
the
chains
of
guilt were
upon
me
there,.
but
through
thy
grace
thou haft heard
my
voyce, hide not
thy
ear
at
my brea.h
-,
ing,
at
my cry thou cant
not
cry
;
yet
if
thoubeeft
one
whom.
Go.d.hath
received
to mercy,, thou
maiít.
have
confidence
that.
ssiadi