tinde that upon fome fuddaine accid t~ or draw– ings nigh, when the L o a D is plea ed to make . an impreffioa upoJ them, then they he~re of fiir. ring affections. But (eo conclude allJ krtow and refolve upo1 ir) that the flowing and ebbing of thy affecttoas is not that which thy fJlvation depends upon, but folidity of conviction of Iudgement which turnes ·thewill, and makes thee eo cleav~ faft unto Chrift. Wherels you objeCl you fall into the fame fins againe and againe; I anfwer, .you may fall againe and aga.-ine, and into great- fms,.for which you have becnfoundly humbled: why fhould we fpeake that which the Scrip,.ture doth aot ~ onely take it with this caution, that. y,.ou find a confiant warre againfr · them, as I{rAel wi~h the Am~,lekites, fG> as never to yield to looke upon their finnes., as amans greatefr enemy,never to be reconciled though he be foiled againeandagaine: for what is true humiliation, but ,to reckon·fin the gr.eateft mifery '! and indeed if a man rccko~ any greater, as loffe of wealth, &•. then a man had .rather fall into finne th~n- lofe his •wealth ; whence it is that falfenelfe of heart dorha. rife : but humiliation m;Jkes aman to reckon finne fuch anevill, aspe had rather fuffe.r,any thing th-an m~ke .a tru~e ~ with finne: and the.generall ordinary 'p~er of.gracdna mans ordinary.whole courfe is· nq~ feene in keeping men from relapfes alrogether, but in fetting,fin .;u1d thebea~t at oddes, as health and fickeneife ; whilfr .a man is a liviog man he.cannot ~ 111 ' ----------------~----~-----.----~- --- t) .
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