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now
u'e
maybe of
sred that
we
haue
a
true
faith.
5
19
will
for
the
deed, and
of
affecüons fôr
the
a6
ions.
And
therefore
if
we earneftly
defire
to
repent
and
beleeue,we doe
.
repent
and belceue in
Gods
fight and the
Lord
hash
made
the
like gratious
promifes
to
this
earneft
delire
of
grace,
which
hee
hath made to
thofe who
find
themfelues
plenti-
fully
indued with the
graces themfelues.
So
Matth.5.6.
Blef-
Matth.5.66,
fed
are
they which
hanger and thirll
for
righteoufneffe,
for
they
¡halllefIled.So
the Virgin Marie
faith in her fong,Luk.1.5
3.
Luk,i.g
;.
That
the
Lord
filleth
the hungrie withgood things,and
f
nde:h
a-
way
the rich
emptie.
And our
Sauiour
Chrili
calleth
vnto
him
fuch
as
thus hunger and thirfi,promifing
that
he
will
fatisfie
them.:
Iob.
7.3 7.
Reuel.z
i
.6.
and.z
2.17.
Laftly,whofoeuer
Ioh.T 37;
feeleth this delire in him ioyned
with
a
careful' and
conti-
mall
vfe
of
the meanerwhereby
his delire may
befatisfied,
be
may
afhure
himfelfe
that
the Lord
who
hath wrought in
him
the
-will
to
deliire,
will
alto
in
his
good
time worke
in
himabilitieto
performe, and
the
graces
which
hee fo ear
-
nef
}lie
delires
;
for
hee
willf
ifill
the
delire
of
them
that
feare
him;
hewill
alro
heare
their
crie
and
will
fare
them.
As
it
is,Pfal.
Prant145.19e
145.19.
So,Pfai.i
0./7.
Lord
thou
halt
heard
the
define
of
the
and
10.17.
padre:
thou
preparefl
their heart, and
bendefi thine
care
unto
them.
And therefore
ifin
themiddefi
of
our
affliciions
and
grieuous
tentations
wee
can
crie
out with theProphet
Da-
said,
Pfalm.
3
8.9. Lord,
I
powre
my whole
dèf
re
before
thee,
and
Pralm3$L9.,
my/0
ing
is
not hid
from
thee; we
maybe
affured
how
mile-
table
foeuer wee
are
in our owne
fenfe
and feeling,
that
wee
are
in the
Gate
ofgrace,
and
(hall haue
ourdefires
fatif-
fied,
fcr
hee
that
path
begun
thisgood work'
in
vs, will
al
fo in
P6í1.
t.6.
hisgood
time
finifb
and
perfeE1
it
:
as-the
Apofile
fpeaketh,
Phil.i.6.
The fourth
degree
is
an approching
vnto the throne
of
§30
.5,
mercy,that
we may
in
all
humilitie
confeffe
our
fines,
and
The
food)
de.
acknowledge that
wee
are
guiltie
of
death
and-
condemna-
grvee,an
ap-
tion,
and
allo
that
wee
may
in the name
and
mediation
of
proching
to
tht
Y0Yl
Chrifi
obtaine
the pardon and remiflion
ofthem.
And oï
r
lhracee0f
this
the
Apofile fpeaketh,
Heb.4.'i6.
Let
vs
therefore
goc
Hev,44.6.
boldIte
veto
the throne
of
grace,
t
hat
Iáee
may
receive
movie,
and
findgracc
to
belie
in
tjmuc o
f
need.And
the Prophet
Hof
a
chap.
L1
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