Cbara6ler,r of holy fulnef . 1 97 fome are full of idolatry and fuperflition, full oferrour, he- refle, and corrupt opinions, as Baals houfe was full of Idolaters z Kin. O. z x. from one end to taie other ; ferre are full of fraud and deceit, as a Cage full of Birds ; fome are full of ftirres, tumults and conten- Zef. ç. z 7. dons, as the Sea is full of fiormes; fome are full ofhypocri- i1a.zz.z. fie, full of many noyfome and filthy lulls, as the Pharilees Sepulchers were whited without, but full of dead mens boner état, z 3. z7: within ; fome are full of malice, wrath and indignation, as the Serpents are full of deadly poyfon; fome are full of curling, lames 3. fwearing, evill (peaking, as the woman on the Scarlet-co- loured Beafi was full of the names of hlaf#hemy, and the golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthinefe : and what Reve.x 7.3,4. attends this fulneffe of impiety and prophaneneffe, but fizl- neffe of fhame, fulneffe of woes, fulneffe of everiafting tor- tures ? Fulneffe of vengeance ever waits upon fulneffe of un- godlinef fe. CHAP. XVIII. Evidencing the fulneffe ofthe Saints by four Charaffers or Marks, with fourmotives to labour for. fulnefJe, H I S may teach us then duly to examine the eflate of our foules, and to labour for deer and comfortable evi- dence of this fpirituall and heavenly fulneffe. The prefence of this fulneffe will be difcerned, Firft, by the fulneffe of mans refilling and withflanding every temptation, every oppofition, every contradiftion of the Devill, the World, and the Fleíh, as a Caille full of Ar. mour,full of Men,full of Fortification, full of all Provifion, abides all aífaults ; a tree full of roots abides and holds out againil all the gulls and blafts of winds. The Arke being pitched within and without, full of ftrength, endured all the toffings of the Deluge. The man in whom this fulneffe is, in the midi! of all oppofitions, as Chryfoflome faid of Peter, is as a man made all of fire walking in Hubble, he overcomes and confumes all oppofition; all difficulties are but Whet - O Hones Vfe 2. z. Fu!nefe of refíling evil.
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