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Duties which ought to be performed in prayer. 373 and are perfwaded of Gods love and favour (heel / abroadin their hearts by the holy Ghoff, they cannot choofe but love him much who hath forgiven them much, Luke 7. 47. and thew forth their love in keeping his commandments. 5. If in prayer we unfeignedly defire faith and f. We muff aífurance of the forgiveneffe ofour finnes, then we rfc means Co will be moll carefull in our lives to ufe and to ufe fa z fe cur aright the means of begetting and increafing this faith; as the hearing of the word, receiving of the Sacraments, &c. 6. If we truly defire reconciliation with God in 6. We mui Chrifl, then will we feek in all things to pleafe labour to him. For ifwe pleafe our (elves in difpleafing him pleafe C as the very nature of finne is to difpleafe God ) how can we perfwade our felves that we are recon- ciled unto God or defire fo to be 7. If we would have any aífurance that our finnes ,. We mutt are forgiven, we mufF be ready to forgive our fOrblve Our neighbours the offenfes which they commit againft neighbours. us. For if ye, faith Chrift Matth. 6. 14. forgive men their trefpas, your heavenly Father will alfo forgive you: but if ye do not, &c. But of this more in the reafon. Here therefore is difcovered the hypocrifie of HypòcriCie thofe men, r. who crave pardon of finne in a Phari- difcovered. faicall conceit of their own perfeélion & freedome from finne; 2. who have no true hatred of finne nor purpofe to leave it; 3. who pleafe them felves in dif_ pleating God, and yet would feem to defire recon- ciliation with God; 4. who defire faith, and yet negle0 and contemne the means; 5. who with the B b 3 ungra-