The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…

By this you have continual righteousness; §4what dost thou complain of daily? is it not because thou feelest new sins, or the same sins confessed, and lamented, and in part subdued? nay some to thy feeling wholly subdued; but they return upon thee again, and the springs in the bottom fill thy soul again, that thou art weary of thy self and life: oh but remember, this is not a cistern, but a fountain opened, Zach. 13.1. for thee to wash in; as sin abounds, so grace in this gift of righteousness abounds much more; the Lord hath changes of garments for thee: Zach. 3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. by means of which, there shall never enter into the Lords heart, one hard thought toward thee of casting thee off, or of taking revenge, upon any new occasion or fall unto sin.

By this you have continuall righteousnesse; §4what dost thou complaine of dayly? is it not because thou feelest new sins, or the same sins confessed, and lamented, and in part subdued? nay some to thy feeling wholly subdued; but they return upon thee againe, and the springs in the bottome fill thy soule againe, that thou art weary of thy selfe and life: oh but remember, this is not a cisterne, but a fountaine opened, Zach. 13.1. for thee to wash in; as sin abounds, so grace in this gift of righteousnesse abounds much more; the Lord hath changes of garments for thee: Zach. 3.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. by meanes of which, there shall never enter into the Lords heart, one hard thought toward thee of casting thee off, or of taking revenge, upon any new occasion or fall unto sin.

By this you have eternal righteousness,