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begets in them a strong resolution to devote themselves and their whole
lives to God and His Son, and patiently to wait till God shall see fit
to make all effectual; and they very often entertain a strong persuasion
that He will in His own time do it for them.

There is wrought in them a holy repose of soul in God through Christ,
with a secret disposition to fear and love Him, and to hope for
blessings from Him in this way. Yet they have no imagination that they
are now converted; it does not so much as come in their minds: and very
often the reason is, that they do not see that they accept of this
sufficiency of salvation they behold in Christ, having entertained a
wrong notion of acceptance; not being sensible that the obedient and
joyful entertainment which their hearts give to this discovery of grace
is a real acceptance of it. They know not that the sweet complacence
they feel in the mercy and complete salvation of God, as it includes
pardon and sanctification, and is held forth to them only through
Christ, is a true receiving of this mercy, or a plain evidence of their
receiving it. They expected I know not what kind of act of soul, and
perhaps they had no distinct idea of it themselves.

And indeed it appears very plainly in some of them, that before their
own conversion they had very imperfect ideas what conversion was. It