¡chap,34 abetivflifnt'titrgailialdcnnfciences. 343 fo he will continue them to be ever in the fame relation tó him,He6.t3.8 John'i 3. I. 4. Both they and the grace of God in them are kept by the power of God ro I falvation, t 'Pet. r.5. none is able to pluck grace out of them , no more then CO t pluck them out of Gods hand, Yoh. ic).28,29. 5; The golden chain of falvation cannot be broken,and all the links in it are infeparable, Rom.8.3o. . Perfwade fuch poor fouls that grace bath its feafons of hiding it fell, and of ap- pearing,asthe Sun hath his time offetting,and riling, and to conclude the non- exillence ofgratefrom the notappearing of it,is all oneas tofay,the Sun will ne- ver rife becaufe its let. Perfwade them to deferre palling fentence upon themfelves, till they be in a calme elate , and capacity of making a right judgement of them- fclves. Whilefltheir (pintsare in a perplexed /ellate perfwade them to hearken to the counfel ofChriftian friends who,at fuch a time , can better judge of them then they of themfelves. a. That delire of grace is grace, and that, I, Becauf truedefires have the nature, and truthof glace in them, though in a Email rneafure : as there is true fire in a fpaçk : true water in a drop ; the leaf i ofany thing partakes of the natureof the whole. 2. Defires are the feeds and beginningsof grace in the foul,out of which grace t, grows to its full meafure, and ßature ; as corn fowen in the earth ; So defires are grace in thefeed : Habits are grace in theblade : Aas are grace in the ear ; and perfcetworks ate full corn in thecare. i 3. Good,defires are accepted and rewarded by God , as well as deeds : yea, for deeds when po.ver to aeéuate them is wanting, zCor,8. r a. God effimateshis people rather according to their affcetions thenanions; as s Kings . 8. x8. with ÌaSmn. tr .7. fo in Abraham,Gen.zz.s 2,16. and the poor widow,Mar.íz.42,&c. Therefore gods fervants have pleaded their wills , and defines before God ra- ther then their deeds : as. Nehemiak, chap.r.tr. David, Pfal.38.9. and Paul, Rom.7. r6. to 21. 4. Gooddefires are the work ofGod in us as wellas deeds, Phi/.2.r 3. and he I will petfea Them in us, Phil.r.6. Goddoth not his work by the halves, i Sam. ;. r z. Pfal.a 38.8. Chrib is the authour of our Faith in defy res after it , Heb. ra. z. they are the fmake of the flax which Chrili till not quench, 'Marth, '2- zo. 5. God bathmade many promifestodefires, r. Ofacceptation, a, Cor.8. r z, l a. Of fuppty andfatisfalion, Pfal.r45./9. Godflirs up defires for this end, that he may fausfie them. 3. Of bid-cadre , Mar. 5. 6. 4. Of water of life, andof the fpirit )ohn7.37,, 34, 5. Offpirituál wine , and milk , Ifa.5 5.1,2. Line i. 53. Objea. But heo fhall we know, that ear defires are' true, and fach to whom theft promifes do belong. Aafw, Fitff,by did root : For true e&fires of Chill and grace do fpfing , I. iand gro,v , Í'. I. From an heart humbled before God in the fight of its finite andxYiil`ery, "of it,s own viieneffe and unworthinefs. Hence, 'Pfau.10.r7. I a, Frontafoul fenfible ofits fpiritaal nlcèllìties,-asofChili, grace, the things . that accompany falvation, pardon offin, powerover it, &c. 3. From a mind¢ enlightned tofee, as the mane, fothe worth and neceffîty of there things. l Secondly, by the fruits, oreffe5ls. Truedefires put forth ferious, and futable II. erxieavoursrn dlseufeof meanstoobtain the thlittipckfrred : SoPfz7.4.theywill watch daily at wifdomsgaces,Prov.8.34Y Thirdly,
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