' .J ' ' ... . : ~.7o ~ ·J!I.tilri·Treafufe~ oufnefs that God ~ aims .at ii1 all our trot.Jbles : All things would work t~ged1er tor our good, · jf' wehada receptive principle, to him·tha-t' 'bath a treafure ffial more be given, accord- , . ing to the proportion of grace received and. · improved : Ordinaqces would do us more' <. ' . ·' . . good ifwe had grace to get goodby them; an ' · , .r · ·· heart fanClified and fiored with improving graces~ is ·likeTinder :t which foon takes fire, ~~d i~ a_pt to keep it, ·till it be forced out : Na– tutahfis obferve, that Tranfmutation is eafie iiiSyinbolical Elements, fuch as agree inCome ' \ · p-r~me·qualities: Wat~r is mor.e eafily curned / i)ltoJ\ir than intoFire: even fo, an holy and fpiritual hearc wil be eafily wrought on by holy_and fpidrual Ordinances : for here is an agreement in ·qualities, gracious qualities r::na~_the foul both receptive ;tnd ret'entive of freavenly impreffions : grow in grace every day,_anddnenyou'I get good by'all that.<!iod . doth~: There are fcveral graces 'tba.t'difpofe .. the foul to fpiricual proficiency, ·as fenfible– .neife, brokenneffe, and rendernefs of heart, fit ro teceiv~ divine impreffions , which plowes Jer, 4: ;. up, a:.nd prepar~{th,e ground for the feed : and then ·appreherrtivenelfe of fpiritual ' wants, burdenedwith 'fi~; breathing after God and grace with longing bungring deftr~$ '· w_hich capacitates the foul for both fapCltfytng and fatisfying in~ofn.Cs. : firength ofGrace is ufu- .;1l1y fe-cooc\~d ' wjth (weec difcoveries, I ]oiJn z. .. - il ' ' 14. I write untqyo• 1o11ng~~~' .!ec~r4fe Jl; "'! fb:ong ~end the word o[qodalttd:eth~n)oM: Stropg ·and flared Chrifiians have mal}y I'Eedous f.piftle~ . '"' " . I
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