308 T'te Sautes e,frEluall c:d1ing toChrift. enough for mee to got to the market, tnd Rand looking on the commodity there, but Imutt lay doss ne my money, buy it, and take poffellion of it, and Beare it home ; fo theLord faith, Come to the waters, buy wine milke, &c. the Lord fers open the Chop of grace and falvation every day where the Goipell is preached; and therefore nor only cheapen, but come to the agreement and buy ; offer likechapmen,and ftand not hag- , but fay, I will lay downe all my tufts, and part with all for Cl:rift; and when yce have done thus, takemercy and comfort, it is yours, you have bought it : fo that now the faithfull foule enters upon the prom fe as his owne; as a man that comes to take pofleflìon of houfe and land as his owne : fo the faithfull foule reads ofall that mercie in pardoning of finne, and all that God effeóts to fave, and all that mercy offered to the poore man,out ofwhom the Lord caft fevenDe- vils;&then the foule fàith,allthat movie is mine: Manafjêa was on idolater and a monfter, yet the Lordhumbled &Paved him; andall that mercy is mine: Paul a perfecutour and an oppreffour, and yet the Lordopened his eyes, and pardoned his fìnne, and hee is now a glorified Saint in heaven, &c. all that mcrcie is mine : hence f take that phrafe to be, Iohn 3.3 3 where faith is Paid toPet itsPeale to the promife ; He that belec-veth, bath fet to bit feale, that God is true : now obferve that, as it is amongft men in their agreements, it is not enough that thearticles are drawee and made,but they mu_;t be Pealed ; if they are only made, wee Life
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