or Form of Faitb, thing to reply, but likewife of R;ghteoufnefs,fo as Unbelief íhall have nothing to fay; why ?. Becaufe the Spirit makes it out by evident De- monftratlon OLEyS=s zoI Ogf.LOV Irene á¡.r.api Ç. (z.) Then is our Affent full, when it is growing and a biding,fuch a Meafure of Agent is needful as will continue and abide, and grow up,, fo as neither Length of Time, or Strength of Time Mall. be ::,able to wear it away ; ye know, Slight Impreflions wear in a ihort Time a- way, but when they are deep they laft. The. .bony Ground Luke 8. (ye know) telieved,and that with joy, yet it withered, and fell a- way in the Day of Temptation ; How came that ? It wanted Depth of Earth their Faith was not deeply enough rooted : And there- fore was fhaken in the Day of Temptations Why do fo many now fadly and íhamefully fall away from Chriff, fome fecretly, fame openly ? Here is it ; They dig not deep, nor on the Rock : And therefore when Winds, Storm and Rain comes, they fall, and their Fall is great. Luke vi. 48, 49. They never had but fume Light fuperfcial Strokes of Convi&ion, both from Law and Gofpel; and they wear off their Spirits : As wound a Man but .flightly, tho', for Tome Tini;' it may be very painful, fo as there is a Cry- ing for Torment, yet the Wound at laft heals; but if the Wound be deep, fo as it reaches the noble Parts, or Heart, the Man D neve
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