The excellency of a gracious spirit Delivered in a treatise upon the 14. of…The excellency of a gracious spirit Deliuered in a treatise upon the 14. of…

Thirdly, others have good resolutions ¹now and then in some good moods; the truths of God come darting in with some power, as they cannot but yield to them, and then they are resolved that they will do better, that it shall not be with them as it hath been; they will set upon a new course of life, things shall be reformed, and their lives shall be changed; but yet these vanish too, they follow not God fully; They are as those in the 5. Deut. 27. who seemed to have strong resolutions to walk in Gods ways; Go thou near, say they to Moses, and hear all that the Lord our God shall say, and speak thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speak unto thee, and we will hear it, and do it: But as the Lord said there, concerning them, Verse 29. So I may say of these, Oh that there were such a heart in them; How far are they from having yet a heart to follow God fully?

Thirdly, others have good resolutions ¹now and then in some good moods; the truths of God come darting in with some power, as they cannot but yeeld to them, and then they are resolved that they will doe better, that it shall not be with them as it hath beene; they will set upon a new course of life, things shall bee reformed, and their lives shall bee changed; but yet these vanish too, they follow not God fully; They are as those in the 5. Deut. 27. who seemed to have strong resolutions to walke in Gods wayes; Goe thou neare, say they to Moses, and heare all that the Lord our God shall say, and speake thou unto us all that the Lord our God shall speake unto thee, and we will heare it, and doe it: But as the Lord said there, concerning them, Verse 29. So I may say of these, Oh that there were such a heart in them; How farre are they from having yet a heart to follow God fully?

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