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fpel

Penis

ton.

God

may accept

of

thee

;

but

otherwife without this

kind

of

blood

there

is

no

remi

faun

;

that

is

to

fanc`tifie

the

Name

of

God,

confider this note,

it may

be

of

ufe

many wayes, that is, to

fan-

:t;tîe

the Name

Of

God,

when there

comes to

be

in

my

heart

a

difpofition fuitable to the

work

of

God I

have

to deal

withal

;

fuitable to the manifeftation

of

God

in

that thing

I

have

to deal

with God

in

:

if

any ask, What

is

it

to

fantlif

e

Gods

Name,

I

would anfwer

thus

;

To

fandifie

Gods

Name

in any

thing,it

is

to

labour

to

get

an

anfwwcrable

difpoftion

to

that thing

that.

I

have

to

deal

with

God'in

;

when

I

am

to

deal

with God

in

any

work,

according to that work

I

muff have

difpofition

in

my heart

fuitable

to

it

;

as

to

inftance, I

fan

&ifie

Gods Name

in

Prayer,

when

I

fpeak

of

Gods glorious Attributes

and

Titles

then,

when

there

is

an

anfwerable difpofition

in

my

heart to

thofe

glorious

Titles

that I

fpeak

of

;

fo

I

fanétifie

Gods Name

when

I

confefs

my

fin

before

God

the

Judge of

all

the

World,

in

having

an

anfwerable difpofition

in

my

heart

fuitable

to this

Judge

;

and

then I fanftifie Gods

N

ime

in

feeking

pardon

of

fin,

when

I

have

an

anfwerable difpofition

in

my

heart

to the greatnefs

of

the

work of God

in

pardoning

fin ;

therefore

all

of

you

muff

be

careful,

when you intreat

God

to

pardon

fm, to

intreat him alto

fan&ifie his

Name; How

is

that? intreat

God

to manifeft

that

glorious work

to

your

fouls.,

and then

labour to get

your

hearts

into

an

anfwerable difpofition

fuitable

to

that great work

;

you

that go

to

God

every

day

in

feeking

pardon

of

fin

;

have

you

been apprehenfive

ot the

greatnefs of it

;

Hach

God

fhewed

you

the

greatnefs

of

his

work

in it

?

or further,

lince

the time

that you

have

heard

of

the greatnefs

of

the

work.;

have

you

been

carting

in

your

fouls

how

to get

an

anfwerable difpofition

fuitable

to

thefe

Divine

Truths

?

Certainly,

fo

far

as

you

are

wanting

in

that,fo far you are

fhort

of

fancifying

Gods

Name

;

and

for time to come,

this

'mull be

the

great work of your

fouls,

to

get

anfwerable'difpofitions

in

Peeking

pardon of

fin,

that may

be

fuitable to the

great work

of

God

,

in

it

;

if

one

that comes

to

feek

to

you,

to

Petition you to remove force

evil one

that hath

offended

you,

if

he

come

!lightly:,

you

will fay, you

mull

come

after another

manner

;

Shall

a

poor

man

or

woman expect

fuch

a kind

of

coming 'from

a

Child,

Servant,

or

Inferiour

;

and

yet

N

z

Shall

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