N J! vv c 0 V Ji N AN T. way ,thatwhen God _do~h write ·biiter things againfl: a man, it is not a jull: caufe of dejection: for thatis afigne that God isbeginning a good , workein thee. Seeke not to put it oft and to thinke it a miferablc thing to be under fuch a bQndage as this : no,but make this ufe of ir, Ie_c it bring thee home to Iefm chrift. And here, by · the way, that men may not bedeceived in this and fay,Alas,I havenot had this fpiritof bon– dag~ndfeare, and therefore I fearc I am not right. . . Note. 06jeU. . ' Belovul,youmufi know for what end the L9rd fends it: he fends ic for r-hefe two ends, ·and by that you fhall know whetheryouhave it or no; £orifthou hall: the end once; if the effect be wrought no doubt but thou hall: ha~ the caufe An(w. ' How to know ~ wehavehad ' thdpirirof bondage. ,. that produceth thateffecl. ' One endis to bring us ho~e to chrijl ; if I thou finde thou haft tooke leftH Cbrijl, it is Byourtaking certaine there hztth beene a worke of the fpirit · ofChr.G• .. ofbondageupon rhyhcarr, ifthoufinderh'ou < art willing to take him upon any Conditions, that thou art willing to deny thy felft", thou art willing to ferue him, to lovehim, and to obey hlm. · And a fecond end is G 0 D, fends his· 3 Spirit of bondage, that tholl mightefr know BJour appre– the bitternetfe of linne; and Iearne to ab- ~~~~~:o£thc fi . l h .- euc e:.t ll:aine rom lt: 't 1at t ou riuyell: learne ·to linnc. tremble at h~~s Word, .for t-he time ~o eo~~' 1 ~ .. I /ooke t1 ht"! that u •/ a contnte Jptrrt; · ., And that trernbltth ·at my Word : that even G_g3 as --~------...:. ---- ·-------------·· ------- --
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