The application of redemption

Ground of Trial and Examination, whether ever¹ we had any saving and Spiritual Good applied unto us in a right manner; In our temporal Estates in Civil Proceedings amongst men, it's not enough to lay claim to Lands and Inheritances, unless by a Legal course they be conveyed and settled upon us, otherwise a man may be unsettled and shaked out of all before he be aware. It is so in our Spiritual Estate: Those high and happy Privileges which Christ hath purchased, […] great Salvation he hath wrought and tenders also in the Gospel; it's not enough to claim it, and catch at the comforts and benefits that come thereby, unless they be conveyed and settled upon us in a Gospel way, otherwise the Devil may sink our hearts, and shake all our hopes, when we least suspect it. Thou sayest, the Pardon that Christ hath purchased, the Holiness that he hath promised to bestow upon His, that Grace and Life, that rich Mercy and plentiful Redemption which he hath revealed so fully, so freely tendered to His; thou sayest it's thine; I say, How camest thou ⟨p. 88⟩by it? How camest thou to be made possessor of it? Thou wilt happily Answer, Though long it was before I either knew or considered what Sin or […] meant, yet the Lord at last by the Ministry of the Word, and the Work of the Spirit, made me see the […] of my heart and life, the terrors of my conscience were like a continued wrack night and day, and the wound thereof was so dreadful, that I found it beyond the skill […] power of means to do me good until the Lord Christ and his abundant Mercy, and rich Redemption which he had wrought was proclaimed, and there I heard and found there was no Name under Heaven whereby I might be saved, but only the Name² of Jesus, and so I took the Promises of the Gospel, cast my self upon Christ, and hung upon free Mercy for the supply of all that good I desired and wanted.

Ground of Tryal and Examination, whether ever¹ we had any saving and Spiritual Good applyed unto us in a right manner; In our temporal Estates in Civil Proceedings amongst men, it's not enough to lay claim to Lands and Inheritances, unless by a Legal course they be conveyed and setled upon us, otherwise a man may be unsettled and shaked out of all before he be aware. It is so in our Spiritual Estate: Those high and happy Priviledges which Christ hath purchased, great Salvation he hath wrought and tenders also in the Gospel; it's not enough to claim it, and catch at the comforts and benefits that come thereby, unless they be conveyed and settled upon us in a Gospel way, otherwise the Devil may sink our hearts, and shake all our hopes, when we least suspect it. Thou sayest, the Pardon that Christ hath purchased, the Holiness that he hath promised to bestow upon His, that Grace and Life, that rich Mercy and plentiful Redemption which he hath revealed so fully, so freely tendered to His; thou sayest it's thine; I say, How camest thou