Chap.2.Sc:ct 9. L.Doking unto 1-efm. Book. IV.Parr.Iv. 90) ()[vivification, for want ofclearnelfe in its jufrification, or for want offetlednelfe, and il:ronger meafure of aCting faith . Oh what life would be raifed as to holineffe? what working, binding filling the law~ of love, retribution, thankfulnelfe would the;e be, when we fee our felvesdearly reconciled with God, and. wrapt up in the foldings of everlafl:ing love? 3 . Trace every ordinance, and every du.ty for the appearings of the Son ofGod. Be much in prayer, hearing, reading ,fellowilii p with the Saints, living in the fulnelfe of Sacraments ; be much in fecret converfings with God, in meditation, expoftula-:o tion,enquiries, fearchings; and (which is a precious work) be much in diligent watching of, and harkening and Jifrening to the movings, workings, hints, intimations of the Spirit ofGod; be much in obferving the methods, and interpreting the .meanings and language ofGod in all his fccret difpenfations with' the foul. Certainly there will be abundance of the life ofGod conveyed to bim that wa'ks in thefepaths. 'Bltjfed are they that dwell in th]. hou(e, might David well fay; and one reafori is p~rtinent to this :cafe, becaufe in our Fathei'J houfe iJ brr~~d enough, and to [pare ; Luk. 1 ~ , 17 • while the prodigal that goes out from it iliall feed upoGhmkes, and with Ephraim fwallow up the Eaft winde. Oh for a fpirit of prayer, meditation, &c. Oh for a fpirit even [wallowed up in communion with God! thou meefefl him that worktth rig!;t eou[- I ra 64 'i. ,;efJe,nnd thofe that remember thee in thy wayeJ. 4· Look much ac Chrift raifed, Chrifl: glorified; Chrifis refurreCl:ion was the beginning ofhis glory, and therein is comprehended both the glory that draws defires towards Chrifr, and the grace and power that cftablilheth faith in its dependancy ; they loGktd unto him, .rnd were lightened --m:Jt~ th~e lift I up mine p ,3,3· 4.~ . eyu, 0 thotJ that dwelleft in the heavens; behold as the eyes of the Pfa, 1:H,t· fervants look,. unto the han a oftheir MafterJ, and anhe eyes of a ,may den unto the hand ofher Mipru,fo our eyu waite upon the Lard our God. It is_faid of Mofes, that he endured lljfliClim, M feeing Heb.II.t 7• him who u invijible; Oh could we keep our hearts in a more conltant view, and b:leeving meditation of the glory of Chrift, our faces would certamly bring Jome beames of divinity with them from the mount; wea!lwithopenface beholding M , in a g!ajfe the t Cor.3 I 8, , glory ofthe Lord, are changed into the fame image from glory to glorJ~ The very beholding ofChri!l: hath a mighty conforming - ' and .
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