Of tke Manyaer9 Sin and MVSifery, the jhedding of :the. rove ßf God in the Soul, the purifying of the Heart,: and ftrengthning of it to Duty. Neh. c, Phil, iii. ! 2. As much then ,of this cor- dial Affent is necefi ry, as attains the. Ends, or which is fuficicnt to \bring` forth the FruitsofFaith ; as much Merit to the Truths oftheGofpel is neceffary,aa purifies the Heart, andmakes it fruitful, growing daily in Grace and Knowledge of our Lord Jefus. The Ifraelites miffèd the promifed Land, they would not go, why would they rot go They followed not the Lord fully in be- lieving, as Caleb did ; had they fully believ- ed the Lord's* Word of Promife, they would ,. have gone up and poflefied the Land,but they faw fome Reafon to believe the Lord, yet was their Unbelief fo ffrong when they con- fidered the Anakims, and the wailed Towns to Heaven, that they would not be encou- raged from the Pomife, their Senfe was fironger than their Faith : Being 'there- fore difcouraged, they wandered and dyed in the Wildernefs. The Lord promifes to thee Life, Salvation and all Things through his Son, and that he will be with thee in all thy Ways, and by this encourages thee to walk in Duty:, and he will tut r his Words : When your Faith therefore fo fully doles with the Promifes of ,'ercy, as there- ">>y your Love is kindled, and from the joy of
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