,Chap.l.Se~.9 Looking unto !fefru, 'Booi IV,Part.+ 8 1·7 the Spirit:) and have tafted t~e good W~rd of God (have found tome relifh in the fweet and favtng promtfesofthe Gofpel) and the pqwers of the world to come (have had fome ravifhrng apprehenfions of the joyesand glory in heaven); a14a 1et fall away (by a total apoftacy) Chriftians ! how far goes thts? I know it is faid only of fuc,h who have a name to live, ·and no more; but furely it gives a w~rning to us all that ~e come not nigh_ .the verge, the lmnke of the grav~ a~at~e ; let us .not give way to any one finne, fo as to Itve 10 tt, or to conttnue in it. · 2. Let us evidence our- refurrection ; Chrift being raifed, he Thewed hirnfelfe alive by many in~allible proofes; fo let us evidence our vivification by manyinfallible proofes; (i.) let u1 yee!d up our[elves unto qod; M thofe 'that are 11live from the dead; R'om.G.t; • let us wal~ as me? ofanother world. If ye be rifen wi;h Chrift Co!.' • r, (ee'<_the thmgs whtch ~tte above,where Chrift jitteth on the rzght htmd _3 of God; let us ferve God in holineffe and righteoufne1Te all the dayes of our life; furely this is the end for which we are delivered out of the hands ofour enemies, fin, death, and hell. Ye ~vere . fometimes dark.;>~ejfe (during your abode in the grave of fin) br.tt IiJ'h. f, 8 • now (being rift>n) ye are light in the Lord, waf'<_ therefore tU children of light. Walk] (i.j beftir your felves in the works of God; A rift, {hine,fw thy l ight is come, and the glory of the Lord Iia 6o. 1 , isrifm up~·n thee. WI>en God doth let the Sun of righteoufnelfe arife, it ish( we fhou!J be about the bu!ineffe ofour fouls. We fee that the night is dedtcated co rdl: , and therefore God chat doth order all things fweetly, he draws a curtaine of darkneife about us, as which is friendly to rell:; like a nurfe, that when fhe will have her l!ule one fleep, fhe cafts a cloath over the face. and hides the light every way; But when this natural fun arifeth then men gcr out to their work : fo mull: we, though in the dark~ ne!fe of the nig~t we fnorted in fin, yet now we muft beftir our felvcs, feeing the Sun of the fpiritual world is rifen aver us. And yet when all is done, let us not thin!; that our vivification in this life will be wholly perfetl:: as it is wich our morti-1cation, in the befl: it is but an imperfect work-; fo it is with our vivificatLOn; it is only gradual, and never perfected till grace be fwal~ lowed up ofglory. Only let wever be in the ufe of themeans, Mmmmm ::> •: d
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