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Rh Ninthly, When there is a serious wrestling against corruption, tho' not meeting until any sensible victory', yet cast not away your hope. Paul tells you, Rom. vii. ‘How far a child of God may enslaved by a body of sin.’

Tenthly, Remember ye have to do with God in covenant of grace. Now, what more shall we deny? Must we end as we began! Oh! come away, come away to Christ, this Prince of delights time, and enter into these chambers. Motive, first, Come away and enter, then your condition ill be honourable with Christ. Secondly, Comfortable. All your debts are paid. Thirdly, Rich. all that Christ hath, grace and goodness is all thine, fourthly, Fruitful. He purgeth his branches, fifthly. Safe. He takes all your quarrels upon him, your head will ay be above the water. Sixth, It is the only state of perfection, which is in him, and derived to us. Seventhly, Then all the promises are yours. Eighthly. It is a pure state, in as life ye have strength against temptations; ‘My grace is sufficient for you.’ Ninthly, In death, assurance. They that sleep in Christ, perish not. Tenthly, In the day of judgement, boldness: O come away, the chambers are every way pleasant, and every way safe, come away, the indignation shall not overtake you.

The Lord is coming down with an universal desire of wrath upon the generality: Come away, and ye shall be hid. Oh! he is willing, he is willing, he would not have sent this message to you this day, if he had not been willing: And now, when we are keeping a past-day 'unto' the Lord, who hath given you this call, pray that he would help you rightly to improve it; I say, O improve it rightly, by your answering of it.

But ye will say, how shall we improve it? And. spirit, Improve it, by seeing that it is only of the