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We must not think that that which will pass for pure Religion and undefiled before God, consists in an outward blameless convenation, or in putting on and wearing an external garb of prossesion [procession]: no, as the top of it reaches higher, so the root of it lies deeper; it is rooted in the heart, this seed being sown in an honest heart (or making the heart honest in which it is sown) takes root downward, and brings forth fruit upward; as trees that grow as far underground as above, [?o] these trees of righteousness, the planting of the Lord that he may be glorified, grow as far & as fast underground as above; Godliness grows as far downwards in self emptying, self-denial and self-ab[?as]ing, in hungering and thirsting after more righteousness, in the secret engagements of the heart to God in Christ, in these burstings of heart and bleedings of Soul (to which God alone is witness) because of shorecomings in holiness, because of a body of death within, and because if that law in the members, warring against the law of the mind, and bringning often in to captivity to the law of Sin; as it grows up-ward in a prosession [procession]: and this is that pure Religion and undefiled before God, which is both most pleasant to him, and profitable to the Soul.

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Sip of one of the Stream issuing from good Domestic Fountain

This resignation to God was his daily work; and under various [afflictions] Providences [was --ured??] to say, "That was a poor Religion, that could not make a life of God, abstracted from all Creatures." And often, he would speak from his own Experience, "That the most undoing Providences, were the most [gaining?] times to his Soul." He also discovered his proficiency in this excellent part of Godliness, in rich directions and sayings as these. "We should give up ourselves to God in every Petition; and pour out our Souls to him, even as he gives himself to us in every Blessing. And we should so give up ourselves to God, as never to return to a carnal frame & temper anymore: and yield ourselves to be ordered by him, as a Child is ordered by its Name. And that the want of a thorough Surrender of ourselves to God, makes one lame in all other Duties. Therfore our Religion should not lie only in Nation, but in a total delivery over of ourselves to God: And until we come to that clear resignation, our life will always be a burthen to us. And this giving away of ourselves to God, Should be with that perfect Surrender, as not to grieve at the cast. Oh! (said He) could I embark myself in God, being borne up by the wings of his Spirit, and God guiding the Steerage with his own hand: what need I then fear meeting Storms! Then, no matter at all unto what Port, soever I were carried: Then every Cross, every outward Affliction, Trouble, Danger, loss, would be my Friend. Did I make God any dwelling-place; all the world would be privileges to me; All things would be turned into Privileges, and redound for my good." whence

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Whence he also prayed, "That we might come to that dearness of Surrender unto God, as to bear a Stamp and likeness to the infinite Kindness, Christ manifested in giving himself for us, and to us. That as he did all things willingly, to work out, purchase, and procure Salvation for us; so we might accept of all the Gracious offer of his Love, and improve it accordingly. That renewing work might be carried on daily. And that we might launch out of the circuit of our own wills, into his Will in all things; and be influenced by the Spirit of Christ, to a conformity to him, and growing up in him as his living members.

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Fraternal love, devotedness to the will of God, the most profound humility, are the dispositions, that lead to the heart of Jesus Christ.

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O Lord be thou my strength in my trouble, for - I fly unto thee for help and for succour!

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