[Spinne-developer] Cular cases of deadness, wh

Sun Mar 21 19:00:39 CET 2010

 any thing that
may quench its lodgings, desires,

or expectation.

10. Nay, if the sinner be come this length, that, with the bit willingness he hath, he consenteth to the bargain, and is not satisfied with any thing in himself, that draweth back, or consenteth
not, and with the little skill or strength he hath is writing down his name, and saying, even so I take him;
and is holding at this, peremptorily resolving never to go back, or unsay what he hath said; but, on

the contrary, is firmly

purposed to adhere, and as he groweth in strength, to grip more firmly, and adhere to him, he may conclude

that the bargain is closed already, and that he hath faith already; for here there is an accepting of Christ on his own terms, a real consenting unto the covenant of grace, though weak, and not so discernible
as the soul would wish. The soul dare not say but it loveth the bargain, and is satisfied with it, and longeth for it, and desireth nothing more than that it

might partake thereof, and enjoy him whom it loveth, hungereth for, panteth after, or breatheth, as it is able, that it may live in him, and be saved through him. But some will

say, If I had any evidence of God's approbation of this act of my soul, any testimony of his Spirit, I could
then with confidence say, that I had believed and accepted of the covenant and of Christ offered therein; but so long as I perceive nothing of this, how can I suppose, that any motion of this 
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