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Thirdly, I infer hence, that before you presume to apply the benefits and the comforts of Christs Ascension into Heaven: ⟨p. 23⟩labour to feel in your own hearts the efficacy of Christs Death and Ascension, every man applies the Benefit of Christs Death, and Resurrection, and Christs Ascension before they find the efficacy of his Death, and the efficacy of his Resurrection; It is the Apostles word, saith he, I labour to find the power of his Resurrection, so do you labour to find the power of his Death and the power of his Ascension, before you find the comfort of it; It is to make thee less Earthly minded, more passionately eager, and importunely earnest after the Lord Jesus Christ: dost thou feel the power of his Ascension to make thee more heavenly minded, and less earthly minded? O labour to feel the efficacy and power of it, else I might say to you as Jacob said to his Mother in Genesis 27.12. My Father peradventure will feel me, and I shall seem to him as a deceiver, and I shall bring a curse upon me and not a blessing. Nay without a peradventure God will feel and try whether you are men or no that have right to a blessing: that shall have any real advantage by the benefit of Christs Death, of Christs Resurrection and Ascension. God will try whether you do not seek to deceive your own Souls and deceive God himself; if so, you will rather have a curse then a blessing, if you seek to apply the comfort of Christs Ascension, before you ⟨p. 33⟩feel the efficacy of it on your own hearts.

Thirdly, I infer hence, that before you presume to apply the benefits and the comforts of Christs Ascention into Heaven: ⟨p. 23⟩labour to feele in your own hearts the efficacy of Christs Death and Ascention, every man applies the Benefit of Christs Death, and Resurrection, and Christs Ascention before they finde the efficacy of his Death, and the efficacy of his Resurrection; It is the Apostles word, saith hee, I labour to finde the power of his Resurrection, so do you labour to finde the power of his Death and the power of his Ascention, before you finde the comfort of it; It is to make thee less Earthly minded, more passionately eager, and importunely earnest after the Lord Jesus Christ: dost thou feele the power of his Ascention to make thee more heavenly minded, and lesse earthly minded? O labour to feele the efficacy and power of it, else I might say to you as Jacob said to his Mother in