( r77 ) SERMON VIII. Perfe& Love gives Boldnefs in the Day of Judgment. z John iv. 17, 18. Herein is our love made perfebl, that we may have boldnefs in the day of judgment, becaufe as he is, fo are we in this world. There is no fear in love, but perfebl love cfleth out fear, becaufe fear hath torment; he that feareth is not made perfebl in love. TH E happieft ítate of mind we can S E R M. attain to in this world, is an inward VIII. fecurity and confidence towards "-----i God concerning our future felicity. Since we are convinc'd that we íhall die, yet have all the reafon in the world to believe that death is not an utter extind} ion of our being, nay, the religion we profefs exprefsly affures us, that after it we fhall be perfedtly blefs'd, or extremely miferable, by the righteous fen - VoL. I. N tence
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