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How the
Chrillionbeo
foiled
may
k
railed.
holie
dèfres,
which
are
the
beginnings
and
firfI
fruits
ofre-
generation,being the
worke
ofGods
fpirit;he will
finifh and
perfe&
that
which
he
hath begun,till at
laft we
be
fully
freed
from
our
corruption,and
indued
with
vnfpotted holines and
fanc`rification.
According to
that
Phil.i.6.
Iamperfvadedof
this
fame thing,
that
hee
whobath
begun
this good
worke
inyou,
hill
performe
it vntill
the
day
of
Iefus Chrifi. For
as
with the
Iam,r.i.
Lord
himfelfe
there
is
neither
change
nor
(hadow
of
change,
Mal.
;.6.
Tam.
I .1
7.
Mal.3.6.
fo
allo
are
his
gifts
andcalling without
re-
Roui,
4.Sec7.7.
If
we
earnr(lly
defire;perfec7i-
on,the Lord
will
per
fell
vs,
andin
the
mean
e
time
pardon
our
im-
perfeótions.
loba
7.38.
Rcuel,
z
a.6.
pentance
:
as
it
is
Rotn.
i i
.29.
Iftherefore
we haue
but
a defire
to
forfake
our
fnnes,
and
to
attaine
veto
true
fang%ification,this defire
is
Gods worke,
which
he
wil finifh
&
accomplifh,according to
thatPfal.i4S
19.
He
wil
fulfil
the
defire
of
them
that
feare
hsm.F
or
ifthe
Lord
doe
euen
preffe
vpon
vs
whilefl
we
doe
not
delire his
compa-
nie
;
if
hee Band
waiting
and
knocking
at the
doore
of
our
hearts,calling and
crying
vnto
vs
that
We
will open and
giue
him
entrance, when
his
holie fpirit
hath
inflamed
vs
with
true loue
ofhim,and
opened our
harts
with
an
carneft
defire
to
haue him
enter;will
hee
now thinke
you goe away and
re-
fufe
to
come
in when wee
incite
him
?
No
afliiredly,for
he
bath
promifed the contrarie, ReuiI.3.20.
Behold
(faith he)
I
f
Land
at
the doore
and
l¿nocke
:
if
anie
man heare
my
voice
and
o-
pen
the
doore,
I
will
come
in
unto
him
and
fup
with him,
and
hee
with mee;
that
is,
I
will make
him
a
rich
banquet ofmy hca-
uenliegraces,
andgue
him
todrinke the water
of
life,
of
which
whofoeucr drinl`eth
¡hall
neuer
be
more
a
thirfl, but
it jhall
bee
in
'him
a
well
o
f
water
fringing
vp into
euerla
flin!r
life, as
our Sa-
uiour fpeaketh
Ioh.4.i4.
So
our
Sauior
Chrft
calleth
fuch
as
thirít vnto him,
I
f
any man thirf$,let
him
come
tome
anddrink:
And,
I
will
glue
to
him
that
is
a
thirfi
or
the
well
of
the water
o
flife freely.If
therefore
we haue
a
thirfting
delire
after
Gods
fpirit and the
graces
thereof,
wee (hall
in
Gods good
time
be fatisfied,and
filled
with
the
full meafure
ofthern.
And
in
the
meane time
though
our infirmitiesbe neuer
fo
great
and
manifold.yet in
Chrill
God
wil be wel pleafed
with
vs,vvhen
as
our corruptions do
difpleafe
our
felues,
fo
that
We
earneft-
w1y
defire,
to be
freed
from them,and to
ferue
the Lord
in
rifh-
teoufnes