The souk' efeIuallcafIing to Chrift. downe tohell forall thefe : But oh thatfrt egraee of God in Chritt, that would bleffe all thefe means, and make all effeauall to tnee for my good. Oh that I had thisgraceaboveall the refl., Cant. 5.8,9,10,1i. /oh. 6. 34. The lafimotive in thepromife is this, the con- Motive fideration of that firneffe and excellency in the promife, makes the humbled foulemore fenfible of his wants, andmakes the neceflity ofabroken heart more unfufferable; fo that hee canendure delay no longer. I confefï'e that when the eye is opened and the foule humbled incontrition, hee Teeth his finnes, and is burthened with hismany wants; but the fight of this fimiïeofthegood in the promife, and the intimation ofthe excel- lencyofit,and the hope thereofmakes himmore impatient ofdelay 3 and therefore more violent in defire. When the foule beginsto confider the glory and pretioufneffe ofGods free grace now revealed and madeknown in limemeafure, and when the (parks and beauty of it are kindled in hisheart,now hebegins to reafon in this manner; What, is this the only excellency ofthe promife that can give content tomy foule? Ohhappy I (andblefl'ed be God)that I mayyet fee thegood- nefl'e which many never come to know; milli- ons of men never heard the foundofthis gloris ous grateandmercy; Oh happy I thatknow it but miferable I, if I come to fee this andnever have a (harein it Manyaremy watts, and the greaterare they,becaufe I fee the good they have deprived meal.; and it hadbeenbetter for mee never 155 3
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