146 Oft14rningfrom.. our evillwayes. ·· .. ~ --- fes ;.ids.hQpetquickeris our ertd~avours. One that is no~~aeare a kingdome,goes not [email protected]:but when · h~:(:;Omes tohavehopes, he begins eo beftirre him· · ,f~lfe, to!le[pem, & toUeconAtum,thereforegee and en· ' :··:creafe the hope ofrhe pardon ofyour finnes. Hence · the ApofHe, Rom. I5· I3· prayes, Now the Godo hopefill yfJ.U with aO.joj andpeace,through believing&c. By the words following , it appeares to bee to firengthenand fee them right concerning all their in– firmiti(~. : and he points to this as one tneanes, to hoe ' fil4 tvithjoy4n~peace inhelieving-; as if heehad f.1id, · if yo,ur hearts were full of fpirituall joy, through (aith and a{furance, your lieans would beepurified, and therefore faith alfo is faid topu.rifte the he41'1 ;and belides, wheQ the bloud ofChriH is applyed thy faith, theregoes a vercue with it. Heb.9.I4· How muchmore~ll the bloudof Chrifi, who through the ecernallfpirit offe-red up himfelfe to God,purge your confciences from d('ad wor'le~ ~ And adde to .this(ttnCJific•tio-n,fet t1pornhat worke. lob. 17.Chrifr ' hathprayed, that theymight be preferved from the .· 1 evill ofthe wodd. · · 1 But how fhal that bedone~ ~aneJ,ifie t.h~m throt~gh thy trntb, .thy wouli&.trNth, .that is, when they thall 1 paCfe through .this wodd fu11 of evltl andcorn.ipd1 on)the way to preferve themfpo:l.e~e and-uatainted is.,to nave the heart fan&ified. When the heart is well oyled .wich ~grace, the dirt of the wbrlli falls . o;ff. This isan.amidoteagainfi ce>ri"uption. Though · l ~n yma.r palfa~e, ~ou meetewith much' badayrea'nd ·• tnfechon, th1s will prefcrve you. But then how lhould weebee fantt:ified -: BJ- t·ruth ..• The more . . c _ . . rrnth, , (--~~----------------------------~~~~
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