Difficulties in Godscom. mandskeepe menfromboli nc1fe. ' 0 F THE ij neffe,andthe ·mini!l:ration of life: then, Belo– vea, we may gather this from it, that if 2 man will obtainerhe Spirit, and thereby mortifie the deeds of the_body; if he would be delivered fro:n the bondage of finne and death; then ··let him make ufe of, and apply to himfelfe the Covenant ofGrace, the free promifes of the pardon and rerniflion of finnes, let him apply them, that is the wayro get the Spirit, that is the way to mortifie the deeds of the fid.h, that .is the way to get his heart changed, that is the way to be made a new creature. For the better' underfianding ofwhich, this is to he obferved, that that which keeps every man off, that which · keepes men in a condition of fl:rangeneffc from , the life of God, is, becaufe they fee fuch diffi– ·cultiesin th€ Commandements ofGod, as they are not able ro keepe, when they looke upon the Commandernent, ando.q the fl:ubbornneffe of theirowne heart, and the indifpofiriot:J that is in them to yeeld obedience, they thinke there is no hope, and therefore they never goe about it: for they fee the Commandement, and they finde in their own heart no difpofition to keepe it, but an aptnelfe to ri(e in rebellion againfr it; I fay this kecpes men off fi·om the life ofGod, But,ontheotherfide, when a man Iookes upon the promifes, he begins to fee theCovenant that his finnes thall be put away, he beginnes to fee thegoodneffe, and the mercy, and the tender compaffion ofGod towards him; he begins to fee a poffibility offulfilling th_e Law; in fi1cb a manner
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