nc;gled: it, all this while he d?th it ?ut ?ffeare: .but onethat hathrhe Lawwntten 1n hts heart, that is alaw to himfelfe, that hat h anewByas put upo~his h~art; Ifay, it {l ill bends a~d in:– clines htm to tt, he cannot do.e otherwtfe, he · longs after itexceedingly, he is exceeding for~ ward toit, theimvard inclination ofhis ·minde .fiandsto ir. This is the third way, whereby you may know whether you be in Covenant– .or no,if you find that chrift bath thus taught you, and bath writterihis Law in your hearts, . if you be thus enlightened with knowledge,' ·that both the lufis ofthe former ignorance are Aprop~fRes mI d d I 'k ' [c h · · . h to holy ·duties di o ve ; an 1 ewt e t ere) comes m t e inaChrHUan roome Gfthem, a wopdrous "pronendfe and propenfenelfe to well·dping, when there is a ccrtaine~onnaturaln(f!fe betweene ·good duties and thy heart, when thou canft fay indeed, as · ' Ptit~l, 1delight in the Lawof God in the inward ' mttn: and if I might have my defire, ifGod · .would give me mywifh~ as he did to Salomtm, . that which 'I wouldwiihbefore aU things in the world,is, that I may have a greater meafure of the fpirir,that my ftnfulllull:s may be more~nd ' more mortified;that I may excell morein grace and holineffe~that his Image may be renewed · · . in me, and rhatit may fhine .more· brightin all · the partso~it: I fay, when thou findeft this,be· affi1red thatthou.artin the -Covenant.Somuch . for that point. .. · . : I wilbtdde'afecond, whichisthis, from this · difference; whereas this is .o.ne of the diffe.. re-nces · I.
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