( 3i) ' yoor people 0f God gotten.neater 1l eaven, by thy' attempts of plucking them down. to ·Hell,chen let thy .Lyes be believed, be,fore the Everl~fling Gofpel. · ChriHian, ·make me not ailiam'~ in this fame confident boafling of y<m ·;·yea, c0ntraditl: not 'your ,,God, by fuffertng .your fel~es'<to ·be corrupted -by evil 1-nen. The Lord himfelf.hath adventur'd deep upon your Integrity and fled(aflnef~; The Henour of his 'l''ruth and Faitbfulnefs lies a,t £take ; he hath faid 1 Theyfhallnot he afraid ofany evil tidings,their heart i>}ixed,trufting r'n.the Lord,I?fa.l.u2.7.He hath fa,id, -:By this (hall their iniquity ·bf purged, ~tnd,thuJhtdl ·be tt!l the fruit,.,to ,tak.J awiq their{in.God hath faid; ~!!thingsfhall worl('together forggoJ to them. Tbey fhall not \be the worfe, but the better, for all that be– falls them : .They ihalllove t'Ile a~d my holy ways the rn0re, they ihall cleave unto me the cJofer, they. fhall be made more pure, f}nd .more tender: by all· they fuffer for Righteoufnefs fake; they fhall love Confcience, arid their Integrity, and Fait~fulnefs t? ir,never the worfe, for that it hath colt them fo dear; but ihall prize it the more,and be the more wary and tendcr,how the.y pollute and turn afide ftom it. God hath adventur'd deep on you,-make not him aLiar; the devil & his ir.i£lruments will be ready to fay,con– cerning you, as on-ce he did to the Lord <foncerning his·Servant Job;Put.t·hem into- ottr prmer,let HI have ,the handling ofthen-J aw_hile,.and tho;JJha!t quickJJ fti, ~hat truth there u in them,of wh11t truff there· uto t'/v.em;thef( curfe th~( to tbyface,they'f deny thee tQ thy f;ree,they'leat.th~lr own words,they,t /Je afh6t-· med of their God,their Godlinefs-,andConfidence.Let God be true, ChriHians, and Jhe Devil a Liar ; te– l.Lving Commentaries' on this B!ej[ed Tqxt : Let t}lt .. , ~ . WoriO, '\ /
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