chri!,that is,he is withoutme; and it is he Itill that gives me frrength,-therf.lforego~ to him; , If you aske the r· reafon, Why. wtll the L~rd Why'rhelord have itfo" ~Whymay nota-man·have ftifficient · willhaveour r.l b flrengthout habitual! !l:rength in him1e fe, _ywhich hemay of ourfdvcs. be able to out-wrefile lu!l:s, ·and overcome ,. _ t.emptati9ns? ·Theteaft>n}is, becaufe no fleili fball rejo}'te fn:it felfe -; ' and I therefore Chrift umade fanflijication, thatis, you derive it from him, from day today~from time to time, that , you rpight not r~joyce in !y0ur _fdve's, ,but in him: Therfore letno. mangoe·about fucha hu– Hndfe inhis 9wne frrehgth:fora inan to thirl.ke, Beloved~by ver~ue ofthat habituall ·Grace he · 'bath receive'd, ~-to:1 be able ~-o overcoffit,firine, and to workerigreoufnetfe;it is all one·, as ·.if:.a . ·Man·£ho\Jld fay thus'with himfelfe, l fee my · ; ,s_;~e.· . · houfe is ful_I oflight, now I will lhut '.Up my 'Doores and Wind<;>wes, I hop·e to hav.e:light .. -~~~ ",1, enouoh 1 ; when he hatFtl done ·fo,.you ·kn6w~rrhe ' --.. ;!ii lioht perif11eth prefently,becaufethe Su1-1is fuat o~t,thatwhichgives light:··1 fay,· fo-iti,s·when : aman thinks,now I am fome ·body,Ihavenow-· gotten fome ftren_gth,now, I hope lmay walke with fome confidencemore than before; Tnis · is to fhutilpthewindowes,a-s irwere. No,thou · mufl have continuall dependance upon Chrijf, otherwife, 'ifthougoe to overcomeanyfin, and thinke tO 'doe'it with thy owne ftr~hgth, ft fball: be too frrongfor thee: tor youwre!l:le w.irhCpi,;, rituall things,aRd without a flrength from one withoutthe·e, they w.il:l be too flrong for thee: L13 _goe ,
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