17 6 Plecioao fan, i. earth, in a poor meek fpirit, then in all the Plimrods and mighty Potentates of the world.; and 'yet- after all this the believer fees grace to be but a creature, and in it felf defe6ible without a fpiritual concourfe from heaven : [hould God bid him Rand alone , he would be in an agony , and pray as Anna Burgos did at his Martyrdome, Deus mi, ne me de- relingnas , ne ego to derelinquam , my God , forfake me not left I forfake thee. Should God offer him all the Angels in heaven to guard his little fpark of grace in being, he would tremble and fay, not fo Lord, let me be kept by thine Almighty power unto falva- tion, that's the only keeper I delire; he dares not fay, my mountain is ftrong now I am full, now I am rich, now I reign as a King by my felf ; were he full of grace, it would be but as a room is of light, no fooner could he [hut the windows, and poffefs it in a felf- fubfìfience, but he would be in the dark, and experiment every beam to hang upon the Sun of righteoufnefs ; were he rich in grace, it would be but as a Merchant is in his trade, if the rich returns from heaven fnould fail , he would foon fpend all his hock , and like a fon of Adam , turn bankrupt ; were he a fpiritual King ruling over his tufts, he would and mull confefs himfelf under the king- dom of Chrift , and to hold all his power from thence, or elfe Mene, Mene, his king- dom is numbred , and divided among lulls .I and devils. St. Paul faith, live , but im- mediately
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