364 TheSpirituallSonne.(hip, demisemeAm Iofa lookanddifTolute behauiour?a flaue tomine owne funs? f Pfaho4o47 aman that hates to be reformed(? orelfe,doe I content my felfe tinily with a kindof formality, and ciuill demeanour, otherwife cheritluig in my Celle, many ferretcorruptionswhichare Tweet vntome ? Surelyhere isno crib mo. &Halr.tgay, nyofadoption, but afeerefn!llookiegArgils/goriestaadvidentfiere. Thus haue I madevieof this placeofPeal , touching the twowitneffesofour Spiritast Some. ihip;Godt fpire,aadearom ee fpir t.And this is the truecourte oftrial! in this point ofgreat concernment. To afcend to the topat thevery find , toGods &Rom.sa 3. decrce,isclangcrous, it is to he wifeahem that which itmetre h :Tobegin etthere endeauours in our (clues,and fo toafceisdby degrees, iscomfortable , it is to beewifeaccording tofobriety. To the decreeofeleet ion, God hath fet two feales, one hekeepeth cohimfclfe , The Lord kaowetb who are his; theother hee hack left obtainableby vs, Let emeryone that talleth vponthemama of theLeeddepart i aTinas.rg. from iniquity+.Find we in our (clues this laccer,wemay be lureoftight intothe firít. Now touching there twoteítimonies,one thing is meet tobeadded for the fatisfyingofhumbledCoules ; namely, thac,puccafe aman vpen inquirycan. notfind the witneffeof GodsSpirit inhimfelfe,yet ifhe find theother, it fug. cet .Pier isknown to be fier by the heat, though for the time ithaueno flame. Nay,be it(which is poffìble)that thewitneffeofamans ownefpirit, in regard ofthefruites of fanftification be vncertaine, yet if there,be but oneconfiant motionofgrace,fuch as,a longing foragrece,abewailing ofvnhellefe, alabeariaget:. gaimfi hardmeffPofheart ,yet iris comfortable, I fpeake not this tochenils pro. fumption,or toencourage mento fatisfie themfelueswith lhewes ofgoodnes, but that Inlay be free from that, which naye..11lefterhimfcl(e wancarefull to 1ECay.4a,3, auofde,Imeane,gmenebnea thefmoakiagffaxe ,andbreakiagthebraifedreedk. And thus haueI difcharged the two firfi generali points, The dgnieof Adopteme, and TheMiddaykaoreingit.
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