22 the S'pirí'"tu411 death in (inneô Twofguesof Ifthou art quickened,-thou (halt finde, one time our qurckning or other, thefe two things in thee: a . Firtt,Thouonce hadft a deepeand fenfble con- fiderationof thine efface by nature, thou wert deeply affeded with it, fo that thou faweít what need thouhaditof Chrift : till thou haft had this ' confideration, thou art a ,dead man. Iknow God can fave theewithout this, hee could comewith- out the terrible voyce, as Chrift could have come without robr Baps ftbefore him, butbee will nor, neither ever doth,becaufe it is inìpofíîblefor aman highlyto efteeme of Chrift till hee is thushum- bled ; forheenever will preferre him in particu- lar actions, and takehimwithall croffes and lof. fes, tillhee fully fee what need'heehath ofhim, which hecannot untill heis thushumbled. .Secondly, Confider ifthouwertever changed 2 fromwhat thou formerly wert neither is it a flight change thatwil lferve; but it muttbeeboth conttant and generall ; it rnuft not be for amonth or a yeare, but daily and continually. -ltmuft bee fucka change that allwhere thou liveft may fee it; thoumutt become a new foulein another bo- dy : Thychangemuttbefogreat that thou mayft fay, Egononft m ego, lainnotmyfelfe, am quite tinother man : There i uit be as great a change in thee, as there is ma white clothwhen it is died blacke. Suchachange was inPaid, hewas conver- ted from a perlecutorto aPreacher : Sothoumuff ofaLionbe madea Lambe : there mutt as much difference be inus;asis betweenwinter&futmmer. And
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