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That
the
de
/ire
ofGods
graces
is
accepted
for
the
graces
which
-roe
de-
Ere.
i,,Cor.8. rs.
Matth.5.6.
§.Sea
The cotditi
required
vn
that
define
which
isAC-
teptable.
4,,,,.,,;
;:..
aftlIN
I
ao
Hold the
ChriPian
bei
g
foiled
may be
railed.
That
therefore
there
mourning
foules
may receiue
forme
cornfort,fet
them
know
Eli,
that
if
they
haue
an
earnefi
de-
fire
ofrepentance,faith,and
the
mil
ofGods_
graces
;
if
they
haue
a
good
purpofe
to
leaùe
and
forfake
their finnes,and
to
(pend
their hues
in the
feruice
and worship
of
God
:
if
they
are
difpleafed
with their
corruptions, and according
to
the
meafure
of
grace
giuen,
pray
vnto
Gód,
defiring
the
ailifiance
of
his
hohe
1'pirit,-whereby
they
may more
and
more
mortifie the
old man, and
crucifie
the fleíh,
and
the
Rifts
thereof:
if
they hate
the
finne
they commit,and
loue
the good
which they cannot doe
:
if
they
can
grime be-
caufe
they
are no
more
grieued
for
their
finnes,
and
bee dif-
pleafed
with
themfelues,
becaufe
their
fnnes
doe no more
difpleafe
them
:
then
may they be
affitred
that
they
are
Gods
children,who
are
acceptable
vnto him
in Iefus
Chrifl. For he
refpeeleth
not
fo
much our aelions
as
our affections
;
nor
our
workes,as our
deliires
and indeuours
: fo
that
he
who de-
fires
to
be
righteous,is righteous;
he
that
would
repent,doth
repent;
hee
that
firiueth
to
leaue
and forfake his
finnes,
hee
reputeth
ofhim,..as
ifhe
had
left and forfaken
them;
they
that
would
neuer fall,
nor
bee foiled by
their
fpirituall
e-
nemies,
God
efleemeth
as
his inuincible
fouldiers, and
va-
liant worthies, who
were
neuer vanquifhed.
For the
Lord
accepteth the
delre
for the
deede; and
if
there
be
firft
a
lbtl-
ling
minde,
it
is accepted
according
to
that
a
man
loath,
and not
.according to
that away
bath
not,
as
it
is
2.Cor.8.1
2.
So
he
is
accounted
bleffed,
not who
hath attained vnto
perfeel
in-
herent
righteoufnefle
indeede, but
hee
who hungreth
after
righteoufüeffe,Matth.5.6.
that
is,
Who
hath
a
fenfe
and
fee
-
ling
of
his
Wants
and imperfeelions, and withal!
an
carnet}
.
delire to haue his
wants
fupplied.
But yet
we
mull
not imagine,that
euery
flickeringand vn-
ons
confiant delire, proceeding
from fuddaine paílion,and force
lo
extraordinarie occafion,
is
pleafing
vnto
God;
for
fo
euery
worldling
might
imagine
himfelfe
to
be
in
the
Rate
ofgrace:
but
vnto this
delire
I
fpeake.of,
there
are diuers
things
re-
quired.
As
firfl,that this
delire
be ioyned
with
an
holy
rode
-
uour, and
earnefl
firiuing and labouring
in
the
vie
of.the
meaner,,
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