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Of
the
Awes
duelinfallible
notes
ofourefe5ion.
237
lighted. Now that
thefe
holie
meditations
and
religious
dif-
courfes
are
f
gnes
of
57
child
ofGod,
hereby
it
plainly appea-
reth
;
in
that
they cannot
poflîbly
proceed
from our
corrupt
nature, to which
they
are
irkfome
and tedious,
but
from
the
fpirit
of
God dwelling
in
vs,and
guiding
and direóting
vs
in
wur
thoughts
and words; and whofoeuer
are
thus
led
with
the
fpirit
of
God,they
are
the
fans
of
God,as
it
is
Rom.
B.r 4.11e
that
Roca
8.4.
is
right
heire
to
a
roiall
kingdome
and
not yet
poflèfled
ther-
of,
is
neuer wearie
of
thinking
on
it,
nor
glutted
with
fuch
difcourfes
as
tend to the extolling the riches
&
glorie which
there attend
him,or
Phew
ÿ
meanes
whereby
he may
be
affu-
red to
come
into
fUeedy &
peaceable
poffef
ion ofhis right
:
and
fo
thofe
who
are
ele&ed
by
God,andadopted
to
bee
the
heires
ofhis
cuerla(+ing kingdonme
ofglorie,
are
neuer
fatif
fled
in
meditating
and (peaking
ofthe
riches
&
ioyes.ofthis
heauenly inheritance,or
ofthe
meanes
whereby they
may
be
affured
vndoubtedly to obtaine
it
;
whereas
thofe who
haue
no
fuch
intereft nor hopes,think
&
talk
of
thefe
things with
loathfome
wearines,as
being
matters
not
concerning
them;
and therefore when
filch
thoughts
come
into their mindes,
.
they
vanifh
as
fuddenly
as a
fla(h
oflightning,and
whé
they
are
prefent at
any fpirituall difcourfes
the
time feemeth
long,
and they
fit
vpon thornes vntill, they
be ended
;
and they
re
-
mine
dui/the
as
though they
were
tongue
-tied,
vnleffé
they
.
take
occafion
to
interrupt
fuch
h.olie
conferences, and to di--
.
uert them
to
force
worldly
afai.res.
The fourth
figne
ofthe
child
ofGod
who
is ele&ed
to
fat.:
§'.Sect`.
uation,is, when
he
feeth his
fins
and
imperfeó 'tions,
and.tru_.The
faurtü
ly repenteth
of
them,tharis,bewaileth
thofe which
are
paf+,
the
of`nx
and endeuoureth
to
forfake
them in the time
to
come. For
std
farrow
naturally
we
are
blind,and
yet do
not
perceiue our
blindnes,
for
it.
.
we
are
moll
fihfull
and
ttiferable,
and yet
do
not
fee
our
fins,.
and miferie,but with the proudPharifie and
iu(liciary
Papifl
wee
thinke
our
feiues
righteous,andwith
the
Church
ofthe"
Laodiceans
we
imagine
that
we
are
rich
&
haue need
of
üo-
thing,no't knowing that
we
are
wretched,miferable, poore,
Rtue1.3.17.
blind,and
nak'ed,vntill
itpleafe the
Lord to annoint
our
eyes..
with
the
eye
-falue
ofhis
fpirit,whereby
we
are
inabled
to
di-
feerne
ÿ pure
gold
ofChrills
merits,which only maketh
rich,
from