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Sixthly, That obedience that springs from faith, is a constant §6obedience, 'tis a fixed and resolved obedience, not in respect of practise and continued acts (for in many things we ⟨p. 150⟩offend all. ¹There is not a just man upon the earth, that doth good and sinneth not: Who can say I have made my heart clean, I am pure from my sin? There is no man that sinneth not; If we say we have no sin, we deceive our selves, and the truth is not in us.) &c. But in respect of a Christians sincere desires, bent of will, purpose of heart, resolution of soul, and faithful endeavours, Psal. 119.20. My soul breaketh for the longing that it hath unto thy judgments at all times. Ver. 112. I have inclined my heart to keep thy Statutes alway, even to the end. Ver. 33. Teach me, O Lord! the way of thy Statutes, and I shall keep it unto the end. Job 17.9. The righteous shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean hands, shall be stronger and stronger. So Isa. 40.29, 30, 31. Job 2.3. Mark, the renewed man hath at all times a desire to fear the name of the Lord, Neh. 1.11. A will to live honestly at all times. Heb. 13.18. And it hath some endeavours and exercise of Spirit, to keep always a conscience void of offence towards God and men, Acts 24.16. The Israelites in their marches toward the holy Land, were many times interrupted by divers enemies; but yet they advanced in their course, as soon as they could get rid of their enemies: So though the believer be many times interrupted in the course of his obedience, by many fierce temptations, and strange working of corruptions; yet after the temptation is over, the believer returns to the course of obedience with greater forwardness,