our Acceptance with God. 4S prophecy and miracles were defigned for theS E R M. confirmation of Chriftiànitÿ ; they were ar- guments to convince men of the truth of it,`'' that fo it might have a proper influence on their lives. Now if they were arguments to the world, and ought to perfuade them to obey the gofpel, much more fhould they have had that effedt on the prophets and workers ofmiracles themfelves, to whom they muft carry, one would think irrefiftible evi- dence ; and therefore their difobedience to a revelation which was fo fully confirmed to them, and in fuch a particular manner, íhew- ed the greateft obftinacy in wickednefs, defy- ing the ftrongeft means of conviftion that men could poffibly have: confequently, their gifts muft expofe them to the greater con- demnation, inftead of being any good plea for their admiffion into the kingdom of hea- ven. I come in the Second place, to illuftrate that only folid ground of hope, and foundation of our title to the future happinefs, which our faviour eftablithes ; namely, doing the will of God: and we find this expref ed in the cleareft manner : for having faid that not they, who make the molt folemn, and the moft noify profeflion of his Religion, (hall enter into the kingdom
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