The soules calling to Chriff. 93 Well, haply the Lord enlightens the foule of fuch a firmer, and Pets his finnesbefore him, and faith, here arc thy fins, and for thefe thy fins thou (halt be fent packingto hell; now he cannot look offhis fins, but the !Ford reveales them, and the Spirit fettles them, thou maiít take thy pleafures, and live in thy fins, but the end will bebitter, for all there fins God will vifit thee, God will exe- cute judgement upon thee ; then the foule trieth his heart, examineshis paths, and begins to pore onhis corruptions ; when Satan fees this, he la- bours todrawhim away, and fends drunken com- panions unto him, that theymay takehis mande offfoar his fins. But if-Satan cannot keepe him from feeing his 2, policie. fins, then he thall fee nothing but fin : before bee was fiolicke, and braved it out, and kickt mercie into the kennell, and he would doe what he lift ; Minifers tell meeofgrace ? no, no, I will folio* myconrfe; now it is otherwife with him, he can fee nothing but iudgemenrs,and plagues and cor- ruptions, and fo finks downe indifcouragements: as therefore there is nothing that can purfuea fin- ner, and to kehi:n fee his fins, but God; fothere is none but theSpirit that can let downe a cordof mercy and drawa poore firmer out from thebot- tome of I -ell; fo the Spirit knowes the ferrets of God, if the Spirit once fettles thefe things upon the foule, and takes awayall hinderances that doe oppofe theevidenceofGods favòur, then tl:e Spi- rit mutt only certifie Gods love, and mercy, and goodncffe,to the foule ofanhumble broken hear- ted fanner. N Trial! t
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