And thus it is with a people or a person, 1when once God […] abroad his Law in their hearts, and makes them hear joy […] ⟨p. 86⟩gladness, in speaking, or sealing, a pardon upon their souls; they that before were joined to their Idols, drunkenness, uncleanness, covetousness, pride, ways of false worship, old Superstitious Customs, and Ceremonies, and the like; So that there was no parting of them; or those who had long been grappling and conflicting with their strong corruptions, and old temptations, and in those conflicts had received many a foil, and got many a fall to the wounding of their consciences, and cutting deep gashes upon their souls; now they stand up with a kind of omnipotence upon them, no temptation is able to stand before them; They say to their Idols, whether sinful company, or sinful customs, Get ye hence, and what have I to do any more with Idols? What have I to do, with such, and such, base company? What have I to do with such base filthy Lusts? I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine. Christ is mine, and I am his.
And thus it is with a people or a person, 1when once God 〈…〉 abroad his Law in their hearts, and makes them hear joy 〈…〉 ⟨p. 86⟩gladnesse, in speaking, or sealing, a pardon upon their souls; they that before were joyned to their Idols, drunkennesse, uncleannesse, covetuousnesse, pride, wayes of false worship, old Superstitious Customes, and Ceremonies, and the like; So that there was no parting of them; or those who had long been grapling and conflicting with their strong corruptions, and old temptations, and in those conflicts had received many a foil, and got many a fall to the wounding of their consciences, and cutting deep gash•s upon their souls; now they stand up with a kinde of omnipotence upon them, no temptation is able to stand before them; They say to their Idols, whether sinfull company, or sinfull customes, Get ye hence, and what have I to do any more with Id•ls? What have I to do, with such, and such, base company? What have I to do with such base filfthy Lusts? I am my beloveds, and my beloved is mine. Christ is mine, and I am his.
- 1R•m. •5. Isa, 51.8.
