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f
lion.
6
t
in
Cant.
q..
7. Thou
art
all
fair
my
love,
there
is
no
fpot in thee,
no fpot
in
thee
;
there
are fpots
in
refpe&
of
Sanatfication
,
yea, but
in
refpe&
of
fafiif
cation it
may
be
faid
of
her,
There
is
no
fpot
it
all in thee; Thou
art
all
fair
my
Love,
it
is
the
words
of
Chrift,
he comes
forth and
(ayes,
Thou
art
all
fair
my
Love :
Alas,
when the ß_liever looks upon
himfeit,
his
own duties
and
performances,
he
fees
nothing
at
all but
fpots,
all
befinear'd-
and befpatter 'd
allover
;
why,
though
thou
lookeft
on
thy
f
élf
befpotted, yet
Chrift
looks
upon thee
without fpot,
and
God
the
Father
looks upon
thee through
Chrift
without
fpot, and
[ayes,
Thou
art
all
fair,.there
is
no
[pot
in
thee
;
thou thinkeft
is
may be,
that if God
fhould
make
a
difcovery
of
thy
heart
to
all
thy Chriftian
friends
and
acquaintance
, thou wouldft ap-
pear
fo
foul, that
they
would
calf
thee out
of their
fociety,artd
never
have
to do with
thee
more
;
yet
for
all
this, Chrift
Cayes,
Thou
art
ail
fair,
there
is no
f
pot
at
all
in
thee.
Juftification
ad-
mits
of
no
degrees,
no not in
Heaven, thou
art
not
more
fled-
there than thou art
here
;
thou art
now
as
perfe&ly
¡u-
nified
as
ever,
and accepted
of
Chrift
as
ever
:
Sanctification
is
renewed
day
by
day
, it
being
a
wörk of
God
within
us, we in-
creafe
in it
daily ; but Juffification
is
a
work
of
God
without
us,.
and fo
is
perfe&ed
at
once;and hence then
this
makes a
pardoned
foul'bleffed,
becaufe
pardon
of
fin
is
of
fuch a
nature, that
it
is
a
perfeci
work.
Hence then
I
will
but touch
it.
Here
is,
r..
Abundance
of
comfort
to
a
pardoned
foul,
though thdu
art,
weak,
in
Sart&ification, and it
troubles thee to
think,
how
far,
thou comeft
fhort of
Abraham's
faith,
Mofès his
meéknefs,,
David's
love,
Paul's
zeal,
Solomon's
wifdom,
and.
'fob's
pati-
ence
.,
yet
this know,
that
thou
art
equal
in
Juffification
with.
Abraham, Mof
fs,
David,
and all
the Prophets
;.
and this
may
be
a
mighty comfort to thee
againft
the
weaknefs
of thy
San
&i,
fication.
2. This
Could
be
a
mighty
ingagement
upon
thy
fpirit
.,
Has,
God
made
thee equal to
them
in
Juftification
?
how
íhouldft'
thou labour
to
be
like to them
in
San&ification
?
think
thus-
-with
thy
fel
,
Is the
mercy
of God
fo
richand glorious
to me,'
though I
bea póor, wicked;
wretched;
-'
ás
they oh.it
I fhould:'
be
made
equal
to
the
greaten
ç
they..
will
afford
alob
wa
-
how-
,
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