Chrs people a willingpeople. an. ono...* there is torment, and wearinefte, there is no love: for the electingof this cafe, I (hall let downe fame few poll. tions. Fir% ingeneral', where there is true obedience there is ever a willing and afreefpirit,in this degree at theleaft, 4moil deepe clefire of the heart, and ferious endcvour of thefpirit of a man to walke in all well-pleating to- wards God : a longing for fuch fulneffe of Grace, and enlargement of foule as may make a man fit to runne the way of Gods Commandments. Secondly, where there is this will, yet there may up. onother reafons be fuch a feare as bath paine and tor- ment in it,and that in two refpeas: Firfl,there may be a feare ofGods wrath, the fouleof a righteous man may be furpriz'd with fame glimpfes and apprehenfions of his moll heavie difpleafure, he may conceive himfelfc fet up as Gods markt° /hoot at,Iob7.2o.that thepoifitsedar. rowel and terrors ofthe wrath of Goddoefluke fafi span him, lob 6.4., that his trinifgreffionsare fealed tip and re. fervidagaiiift 14.17. The hot difpleafure ofthe Lordmay even vexehis bones, and make his foulc fore within him, Pf41.6.1,2,3. Hee may conceive himfelfe forgotten and eaft out by God, furprized with feareful- mite, trembling, and the horrour of death, Plaid3.7. Pfa/.55.4,5 Chrill may withdraw himfelfc and bee gone, in regardof any comfortable and fcnfible fruition of his fellowihip, and in that cafe the foule may fade and feeke himbut not finde him, and call uponhim but receiveno anfwere, Cant.5. 6. A man may feare the Lord, and yet be in darkencife, and have no light, Efai. 5o.to. Secondly, there may bee a great few-4 evenof performing ditties. A brokenand deicoted man may tremble in Gods fervice, and upona deepe appre- henfion of his owne unworthineffe, and erroneous ap- plying of that fad expoilulation of God with wicked men, What hafl those to doe to take. my Covenant in thy month ? 331 VERSE 3.
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