' L6rd, thou n1w fpeakeft plaiw~ly, now there . \ . ., is no quelHon. . My beloved, thiS~ is· thewit- , · ~ . ndfe of the Spirit ;that :rhou be not miftaken · inir, fl:iJl rem.e~b.· enhiS",~diat it is given to theje Wbotbeybe that overcome· . 1£thou be overeome of every· th~t have the · . ' . • mtnefTe of :: thmg, of every fmall temptanon, .tf thou bee thesp.im. · t. overcome with a blafl: of praife,. with ·a little pelfeandwealth, dofl: thou thinke now thoti haft'got thewhite·.jlonec, that ehrift givesas the wimeffe ofhis Spirit':" NO·;· it is to,-rho.fe th-at ·overcome,and fo it is to thofe that open;ifrhou : beall:ubborne fervant, that Chrift may come . againe and againe;and knockcatrhedoore, and · teH thee offuch a 'fin ne, that thou Jiell: in, and · :offucha duty thatthou neglect:ell:, and yetthou _ · carriefi tby felfe like a fiubborne fervant, that will .not heare· him,, if- thou doe, thoir'Wilt not .go about thewor~e that he harh appointed thee; dofi thou thinke hewill come in an~ fup · with thee, when thou ,wilt not open to him? No,itis notChrijltharfups with thee, but.itis adelufion ofSatan. But how iliall we ·kaow I · Th r': h h' h h Si~e confe~ t 11S':' e1e are t e t mgs t at accompany t t qyenuofthe Spirit : but now forthe Confequents of it,they Spirit.: . arethefefixe. · t.Afptrttof · Firfi~ therefollowesa fpirit of ptayer~ · that prayer.' goes together with it, prayer in the perfecHon ofitisnot a!ip·labour,no,itis·not' aputting up · ofpetitions onely, be they never fo excellent, . it isnot a crying to the Lord: .for other men r:nay dofo,but it is when a man can come to · Gt~dwith, confidence, b.ecaufe he kno~es hitri : ~ ro · \ .
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