for a timeofLiberty. j ip with him, andwalkin ddr1ne,T , we lie, and there is no truth in us : But now when the whole foul does fubsit to the whole will of the Lord,now his Kmgdomé is come indeed, when his will is thus tweet, D.an. 7. 27. His Kingdome is aneverlafiing Kingdom, andall nations fhall ferve him : and hisfervants ye are whom ye obey, whether Chrift , the devill, or your own hearts. Now the whole wil of Chrift ist..Direéaing.2.Correetin. Now when the foul fubmirs to both, then Chrift rules in his Kingdome; fometime you 'meet with Chrifts di- rating will; now this is.mensframe, naturally they will not fee it, they will not come to the light, John g. ao. they are led by their own counfell, and will not regard the light and counfell ofGod in his word ; they will quarrel! With the,lighe when it is erotic to their ends, gain, ho- nour and the like; men have high thoughts againft the .Lord Jefus, 2 Cor. o. 5. Calling down imaginations, and every high thought that exalteth itfelfagainfi the knowledge of God. And again, if men do fee it, yet like the devil! that has much light, they do not love it, nor our of love ( nor unleffe it be out offear) fubjeat to it; like Balaam that had no love to Gods command, but onely wasaced by fear and confiraint ;now when the foul continues thus, itcafts off Clarifts Kingdom; but if the whole foul jvff comes to the light, though it fees little,fets the whole will. of Chrift before it, Pfal. ' 8. 12. faith David; I have kept thewayes ofthe Lord, and have not wickedly departed front my God: and though it hath had many quarrellings again9 the truth ofGod, yet now it hath not, nor dares not, but fayes, Lord, teachme; the Lord gives them hearts to lye down at thefeet ofany man that (hall (hew them any thing that is amiffe in them, and they fay with David, Lord, fearchme, and try me : 1 have manycrooked wayes, and therefore, goodLord, find them out, and theretore come to the Lord for that end; and though there be forne- thing in them that is defperately contrary to the good wil of God, yet there is an inward man that does delight in the law of God , and when the Lord is pleafed to give them an heart to fubmit to the will of God; On the foul doth wonder at the Lord, that the Lord fhould Phew him any thing, and help him againfi temptations; and though there be a great deal ofwearinef1e/in the wayes ofGod, yet there is à fpirit within him, that it is indeed heaven it self tohits to be in. the ordinances of God t now ye '!loop
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