-5 0 Obje ions from Weakvef s in Duty, Pfal.13o when, nor where, nor how. And this Cafe is ufual in perlons of quiet natural Tcmp:rs, who have had the advantage ffedit- cation under means of light and Grace. God ofttimes in fuch perlons b:;ins and carries on the work of his Grace infentibly, fo that they cone to good. growth and maturity before they know that they are alive. Such perfi ns.come at length to be fatisfied in Paying with the blind man in the Gofpel, How our eyes were opened we know not, only one thing we know, whereas we were blindby nature, now we fee. 2. Even in this matter allo, we mull, it may be, be content to liveby, faith, and to believe as well what God hath done in ns, if it be the matter and fubjeé} of his promifes, as what he bath donefor ,s. , the ground whereof alfo is the propife and .nothing elfe.. Objections . frnm the prefent fate and Condition of the Sóul Weak,neß and imperfetion of Duty. Oppofition from In- dwelling 'Sin. Gbjettions 3. There is another Head of Objeaions againft the fouls fom weak- receiving Confolation from an intere/f in forgivenei arifing nets in Duty, and from the,confideration of its prefent live and condition, as to the power acrual I-Llinef Duties and fins. Souls complain when in Dark- vfSin. nefs, and under Temptations that they-cannot find that Ho1i- tteß, nor thole fruits of it in themfelves, which they luppofe an interefl.in pardoning mercy will produce. Their hearts they find are weak, and all their Duties wor thlefs. If they were weighed in the ballance they. would be all found too light. In thebell of them, there is Inch a mixture of Self, Hypocrifie tiobe.lief, vain Glory, that they are even afhamed and con- founded with the Remembrance of them. Thefe thing., fill them with difcouragements, fo that they refute to be comfort- cd, or to entertain any refrefhing perfwafìon from the Truth infifted on,; but rather conclude that they arc utter firangers from that forgivenefs that is with God, and fa coontinue help- Ids in their. depths. According unto the method propofed, and hitherto purfued I (hall only lay down fume fuchgeneral Emirs, as may. fupport r._w
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