to the Day of judgment. I99 virtue ; and when the more ingenuous affec- S E R M. tion of love thoroughly poffeffes the heart, VIII. it is caft out ; not all at once, but by degrees. Thefe principles, direly oppofite, may, low and imperfe& meafures of them, meet in the fame mind; but Bill as the one increafeth, the other will abate. He that feareth may have force fmall beginnings, and weak de- grees of love, but when love becomes per - feet, that fear is caft out. I fhali now conclude this difcourfe with the following refleftions. Firfi, by what has been Paid, we are led to confider the genius, and admire the ex- cellence of the chriftian religion. What can recommend any .inftitution more than that it has provided a fufficient confolation againft the fear of death and judgment ? Death would not be fo terrible as it generally is to mankind, if it were not for the judgment which is expeaed to follow ; but 'tis this which holds them in bondage, from a fe- cret confcioufnefs of guilt, and therefore dread of the divine difpleafure. But, now the gofpel has brought us comfortable tidings concerning thofe molt important points ; death is abolifhed, and it has brought life 0 4 and
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