TireSoule,eji eafling aá irii ., s 4 another will be tipfee ina corner, and beare forne good will to the truth, but fall offgrofly; ano- ther cheats, and coufenr,and keeps falte balances, andyetprofefl'eth theGo pel,anel thinks it a high dithonour, if hee be not retpeaed ; now though thefé will come to the meanes of grace, yet if the wordofGod doe but reveale thefe mens h unes,and fharpen a reproofe againft them, and come fomewhat keenly upon their confcience, they are all up in armes, and make defiance for their fumes, and their great Diana of Ephefus is like tofall, and they will rather part withChrift; andGofpell, and all, than with their lutis; thefe men thinke they have mercie in a ftrhg, and Chriftat command, and power to beleeve, and you cannot perfi,vade them that they doe not be- leeve : What? a fwearing faith ? and a cheating faith ? and a drunkenfaith ? the Lordkeepe mee and all Gods people from it : you cannot per- fwade them, but that theybeleeve ina Saviour," and Chritt mud fave them : this Docîrine will dath all their vaint hopes, they thatbeleeve, will' fubmit to the Spirit ofgrace 5 they that beleeve, are effe&uallyperfwaded by the Spirit ofthe Fa- ther, in the promife, and they are pluckt away' from their lofts and corruptions ; but thefe take, up armes, andare inopen defiance for their fns; they thatbeleeveare humbled, for faith will not grow, but in a heart that is humbledand conten- ted to part with finne, and felfe, and all ; but thefe keepeboth firme, and felfe, and all : they that have faith, ruff upon the freeneffeof Gods' grace, I,!
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