The soda egeauallWalt.Chrift. tably : this word bedewes the heart a little, but it foakes not down, it goes not to the root of the foule,& thereforeobferve ít : this is a work which thehypocritemayhave, only obferve thusmuch ; he tips ofgrace and falvation, and makes a meale ofhis corruptions; but thegracious man onely figs ofhis corruptions, and makes a meale of grace,ofholines,&mercy in Chrifi.Looke asit is with feed that iscaft into thewombe ofawoman, the feed is enough tobeget tomefruit; bat ifthe wombebea mi(carryingwombe, itcomes tono- thing : fo it is betweene the flirtingoftheWord in the heart ofapoore Saint,and in theheart ofan Hypocrite; theSpiritofthe Lordworkes in the heart ofa i-iÿpocríte by theWord, and isable to moyfren him but the heart mifcarries in the worke,and refills, andgainfayes ,andnever comes ro any good, hee never comes to bee a faithful' man rightlyproportioned,whereas the fame Spi- ritofGod, working rightly upon the heart ofa beleever, it makes him a very proportionable Chriüian, the other remaining but a confuted lumpe. Now fee what this man maydoe when he comes to this, let himbe thus bedewedwith this taste ofthe excellency offaith, and never have faith ftrengthnedand rooted inhim, yet hee will bee very eager in the purfuit oftheWord, and marvellous confront in attending upon the Word, becaufe it ishis delight, andheewill bee marvellous painful' to get the Word; for a man will doeany thing to get his delight, andhe may bee angrywith fuch as would hinder him in the 0oo purfuit 4 69,
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