u48 Book.V. Leoking t~nto JeJtll. y,ers full juftification; they were before.made juft; and efteemed juft, but now by a lively fentence they fhall ~e pronounced juft. by Chrift himfelfe ; now is the comple~t acquittance, or the ·full abfolution from all finne; now will Chrift pardon, and ipeak out his pard~ns once for all; now-will he take his hook (whereinallourfinnes, as.fo manydebts ortrefpaffesare written) and . he will cancel aU; your fins foal/ be 6Lotred out (faith Peter) when the time •frefrejhing {han come from the preftnce of the -Lord• . And is not this enough to. caufe our joy? when the Spirit witncffing with our fpirits doth butlinpart affore us.of finnes pardon, is it not ex<>eeding fweet ·? oh but how .fweet will be that fentence, I which•will fully refolve , tlie, queftion, and leave flO FQOffieof doubting any more tor ever.?. confider '0 my .foul 1 the-day1s.a coming, when the Judge of heaven and earth will acquit thee .of all thy _finnes before all · the world; it is ·a part Of his bufi- 'neffe at- that day. ro glorifie his iufti~e a'nd free grace ~n 'thy abfolution. O.Chr:ifrians L how may we comfort one another with tGefe wordJ { - · · · 4· Chrifr. in theiffue will tead us into glory; As the bride~ · groome .after n.uprials, .. leads .his bdde to his own liorne, tha t there they may live together, and dwell together; (o Chrift :oa'r rdy~l·bridegroom~ 'wl\1 lead utlin.to the -Pa;'!acl! {)f fii'S-' glory. ·.&ml i's not this joy · of our 1Lord enough . to caufe our-· joy? Oh . wllat embraces of.love, what fhaking of hands~ what welcomes !hill! we have into this City ? there fhall we fee Chrift,, (in his gndeni th<tre fhall we be.fer!as. afeale on .Chriffs arme;' a~d as..a .feale upon hi's.heart• ~aficte ·' fhtrl liwe be filled wi~ft his· Jove, ' en~o ' lightnt'n'with lJ!s li~~~ endrded li n! bis armlls;If~\lowing hisfteps; and praili rig his .Natne, and admiring his glory ; ther,e iliaII we ·· jo8ind~ed, for ~~in thy pr'e(e/ice theriiJf~/neffe oj'joY, IIKJd lit th} Pial.l6 • 11 ' h h AI'. Th · -1 d f 11 "'~ht and' t ereare plr"'J ures everm_ore~ · ere·ts JOY, an · u j9.'}:J and:fu lnelfeof jdy ; n hdre are pleafures, a~d pleafures everm<5rej.rand pleafures 4"e·r.more at. Gods right hand. 0 the mu- . ii£k of thes·anetuary ! 0 the ·Gnleffe and' welLtuned Pfalmes ! 0 the.fongs ofthehigh Temple without either Te~pleorordinances, as we have them here! can wechoofe to joy at the th()ugh t of this joy a~ove? if God wouldfo d1fp~fe , that ~:ven now we might Hand at the utrnoft dore of heaven , and that God would itrike up a ~!ndow, and give us a fpiritual eye, and an
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