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There are many mysteries in nature that you know ⟨as⟩ little of as this we are presently talking about yet ⟨you⟩ generally believe them: and surely the one ⟨demands⟩ as strong and firm faith as the other. Oh! ⟨pray⟩ to the Lord for the teaching of the spirit, that ⟨he⟩ may unfold unto you the mysteries of his grace. ⟨There⟩ is not a child, si(illegible text)s born into the world of ⟨grace⟩, but what must and will be born after this ⟨manner⟩, there must be a word of grace dropt into the ⟨child's⟩ heart, in a way suitable to its nature and ⟨capacity⟩ which, by the concurring influence of the ⟨Holy⟩ spirit will produce a new creature And this (illegible text)or of promise is the seed out of which the new ⟨man⟩ proceeds just as a grain of seed grows in your ⟨fields⟩ or gardens A collective body of believers do (illegible text) spring and grow out of a word of grace I own (illegible text) one word of grace may be blessed to one ⟨person⟩, and another word of grace to another person; ⟨yet⟩ all these words of grace are one and the same (illegible text) kind and nature, all the incorruptable seed of the ⟨Lord⟩ Perhaps believer, there is one word blessed ⟨to⟩ thee, and another to thy neighbour but 'tis all ⟨the⟩ same seed that comes from Immanual's land the ⟨land⟩ of glory, whence all the rich and free pro(illegible text)es whereby the spirit operates, derieve their ⟨birth⟩ and being
Now sirs, examine yourselves, if ever you were ⟨acquainted⟩ with, or partakers of a regenerating ⟨work⟩ upon your souls Oh! Man, was ever grace ⟨powerfully⟩ implanted in thy soul? if thou art not a ⟨new⟩-born plant of grace, thou dost not belong to ⟨the⟩ bush of Jesus Christ; thou art a wild bramble (illegible text) this day. Examine yourselves my friends. Did ⟨you⟩ never find the plow of the law turn up the ⟨hollow⟩ ground of your hearts, and the seed of the ⟨promise⟩ sown thereby the spirit of grace? Did you ⟨ever⟩ find the Holy Ghost dropping grace into thy ⟨soul⟩; and when thy conscience was pierced with ⟨strong⟩ law terrors, that then a word of grace power-
