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Com
forti
againft
our
floe
progrcffeiß
fanc7ifcation.
639
perfivaded
of
thisfame
thing;
that
bee
that
bath
begun
this
good
Phi1,1,6.
Yorke in
vs
will
per
forme
it
vnt
ill
the,
day
of
lefus
Chrffl,
Phil.
1.6.
We
are
to
allure
our
felues
with
the
ProphetEtauid,
that
the
Lord
will
fulfill
they
holy
deßres
of
thofe
that
feare
him,
Pta,. t
Pfal.'45.z9.
Wee
are
vndoubtedly
to
beleeue
that
the Lord
4319.
will
not
/uf
er
vs
to
be
tempted
aborre
our
power,
but
will give
a
Cor,
good
i/fae
with the temptation,
i
.Cor.
t o.13. Wee
are
not to
imagine,
that
he will
breake
this bru
fed reed,
nor quench this
.1
inoking
flaxe,feeing
he
bath promifed the contrarie,
Mat.'
2.
i'1atth,12.ao.
20. And
though
this little graine
of
muliardfeed for
a
time
lie hidden
in
the earth, and when it fprouteth vp,fpringeth
fo
llowly
that
wee
cannot
fenfibly
difcerne the
growing
thereof;
yet
in
Gods good
time
being
«atred
with
the
dew
ofhis
holy fpirit,
it
will
become one
of
the greatefl
trees
in
the
Lords
garden.
For
feting
the Lord hath
given
vs
this
grace,
not to
be wanting
in
the
vfe
of
all
good
meanes,
we
may
moil
certainely
afhure
our
felues
that
the Lord
for
his
r
L
Ia
;
part will
not
be
wanting,
in
gluing
his
bleiling
and
granting
the
aflìfiance
of
his
holy fpirit, which
hee
hath
promifed
to
thofe
that
delire
it.
Secondly, let
vs
confider
that
thefe
finali
beginnings
of
§3e8.3-
grace and
firfl
fruites
ofthe
fpirit,
are
moll vndoubted
fgnes
Thad
éldsgP
i
that
he
dwelleth
in
vs
:
now
wherefoeuer he
dwelleth,
hee
vs
thin
the
fan&ifieth
his
owne
lodging,
and
is
not
idle til
he
haue ef-
end
per
fa
this
felled
this
vibrke
which
he
hath
vndertaken and begun.
worke.
Though
therefore this worke, in regarde
of
thy
flow
pro-
ceedings
feeme
hard,yea,
euen
impofíìble,
yet
confider,
that
that
which
is
impofl
Me
to
man,is
poffible
to
God
:
though
thou
feel
+manie
difficulties
and
mightie
oppofitions
by thy
powerfull
enemies, yet let
not
this difcourage
thee,
feting
the Lord who
is
with
thee
is
almightie,and therefore
able
to
repell
the
violence
of
all
oppofers, and
to
make the
moll
Matth.I
/.3o.
heauie and
pinching yoke,
light
and
calk.
Though
in
thy
EPh,6.io.
(elfe
thou art moll
weake
and
feeble, yet thou
art
flrosg
in Pb'1'4'I
the
power
of
Gods
miht,
and
enabled to
doe
all
things through
the
helpe
of
(bra
tbhich
f?rengtheneth
thee.
Thirdly,
let
vs
confider,
that
as
the Lord bath
decreed
our,
§,
Set
4.
faluation,
and promifed
vnto
vs
eternall
life
:
fo
he
bath
allo
as