tea The souksefRuallsailingtoChrift. man, now ta,ee thyfouleon this fide, and heare the belt ofit : looke as it is with a mans hand, the backeofhis handcannot take holdofa ftaffe, but his palme can ; if a mancomplaine that hee cannot hold a ftaffe, and turne the backe of his hand; no wonder, turne the right fide of your hand,and then youwill grarpe ir, and hold it ea- fily ; fo turne the right fide ofyour foule to the promife, the promifes of Gcdare the ftaffe that upholds our fouler, and our foules fhould reft thereupon, and truft Thereunto: nowwee turne the backfideof our hearts to the promife, ftub- bornneffe great, and doubtings many, and cor- ruptions fierce, the wrong fide of the heart is to the prornife,and this will hinder thee from corn- ming to, and receiving good from the word; but thy foule leech thefe, and is willing to bee freed from there; thy foule hates there, and thy felfe for there; this is the right fideof the heart that !yes level' to the promife : therefore attend the word, and repaire daily thereto, and attend the better fide, doe not attend toweakntffe and feeblenefle,buttofoundnetfeand finceritie; that is the fiat rule. ä. Ruts. The fecond rule is this,labour tohave thy con- fcience fetled, and convif;ngly eftablifhed of that truth, of that grace, which reafon now in- formed doth entertaine, and the Word doth witneffeto bee in thee ; labour to get thyconfèi:- encefededand eftablifhed powerfully, touching the truth, that out of the word and the evidence thereofthou haft feene; marke, I fay, if therebe any
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