336 VERSES. Chrispeopleawillingpeople. callout of thyfight,yet Iwilllooksaverse towards thy ho- ly Temple, Jonah 24. He thatfeareth the Lord will obey huvoice, thoughhewake, indarknefe,and have no light, Efay 50. a o. So then the faithfull have thus much ground ofcomfort,that God bath their veilsalwaies de- votedand refign'd unto him,though thus much likewife they have to humble them too,the daily experienceofa back -Eliding and tired fpirit in his fervice; and fhould therefore be exhorted to fiirre .up the fpirit ofgrace in themfelves, tokeepe fh and frequent their communi- on with Chritl. The more acquaintance and experience the heart hath ofhim, the more abundantly it will de- light in him, and make haleunto him, that it may with Saint Pau/apprehend him in fruition, by whom it is al- ready apprehended, andcarried upunto heavenly pla- ces in affurance and reprefentation. As long as wee are here there will be fornerhing lacking to our faith, Come mixture of unbeleefeand dittruft with it, a Theff.3. to. Ullarke 9.24. corruptions, temptations, afiliolions, tri- als,will be apt to beget fomefeares, difcomforts, weari- netfe, and indifpofedneffe towards Gods fervice. The fenfe whereoffhouldmake us longafter our home,with the Apotile grone, and wait for the adoption, even the redemptionofour bodies, for the manifeflation of the fons ofGod,(for though we arenow fonnes,yet it cloth not appeare what we (hall be, a 1oh.3.2.) fhould make us pray for the accomplifhment of his promifes, for the haflening of hisKingdome, where we (hall be changed into an univerfalf fpiritualneffe,or purity ofnature,vvhere thole relickes of corruption, thole firugglings of the lawof the members againft the lawofthe minde (hall be ended, thole languifbings,- decayes, ebbes and ble- mithes ofgrace (hall be removed, whereall deficiencies ofgrace (hall be made up, and that-meafure and fief} fruits of the Spirit which we here receive, (hall becrow- ned with fulneffe, andeverlafling perfeCtion. Here we are
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