4s a The souks eJJefíuail calling toChriit. may comfort yen? th u art beggerly inwifdome, and in confolation, and in all thegracesofGods Spirit, but if thouhaft faith, then haft a Chhrift, and in him areall the treafiares of wifdome and mercie : take your treafure, and be inriched for evermore ; you maydoe ir, itis your owne. Secondly,all thefnues that thou ftandeft guilty of,and all the temptationsof Sathan, cannot hin- der thee from injoying that light, and receiving that good which thou haft needof, there is no finne that hath beene committed, can ftand be. tweene thee andeternall life; be thycorruptions never fo many for number, never fo vile and ftrong for nature, never fo long for continuance in them, and all thofe old bruifes, and old lufts of youth,whichmake thee fay, can the Lordpardon me,and is it pofhbfe for Inch a wretch as I am to hliLemercie, that have all thefe corruptions? I aer, it skits not what thy fumes be, fee thy faithand repentance bee found, it mutters not what thouhaft beene, arebell even againft God, ifnow thoucanft beleeve and reft upon God,and repent thee of thy !limes. et But now the point groves on, the foule is in forme reafonabie manner fatisfed, that if it had faith,then it couldbe fatisfied ; but many feeme to have faith, and have it not if my faith were foam true, I could gaine e found comfort to my felfe,that all would goe well withmee, but how gall Iknow that ? n Ianfwer, Iconfeli"e that the faith ofthemoft men in the world is but a mecre delufion,as I fluff difcover
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