Sermon 9· Ofthe GiiN,P owo E R,T R. & As ON. ' Toferveilimthen,notwithufuraexiguitempor~, (omefmall time: primudie- · 011 ,, two or three dayes at the firlt, an? then, defm•ilt, we have_quit our felves we!.! : 99') but from day to day;aslong asthere1s a day left to ferve H•mm; So long to [erve Him. ToftTveHimtotheverylalt. . _ , , , . The.mercifi•lla~dgracrous L o R Dhath fo done HJ< marve!loUG aEis, tha~they ought Some i<JH to hekadin everlaRmg remembrance; all of th~m. But fome more efpec1aUy : for Rlore than fome are more than marvellous : As was this ofours.'fhat ifquihufdamdiebm,would ~~~~~her~ ferve for them : onmibll4 diebm, is little enough for this: So more taangracious fo P.·«l.~ ,·,.•, more than marvellous; fo more than bqrh, in this: as the memory ofir;never to die never to decay, but our dayes and it, to determine together. ' And for all that, thoughomnibm di'ebru,allourdayes,and in them all :yet, not in More; .. them all alike. So in ~ll,as in fome,more than other[ome,s:efcipiunt '?'ag~ &minus. ~~~~'Y'~ So then toferve :as mour dayes after the dehvery, we doe1t, more,and better, than before: And upon the day it felfe'(that is, as this day) we doe it, moll: of all. And this day; • Th~s,wehav~ laid forth our Coven~nt, bo~h for Matmand Manner._Where~n, ~~it be W:ir.o 1 f we wlll dealeasJult men,we mufl keep 1t: and ,fdeale as w1fe men,wewlll keep lt. ly done to · For,who knowes,but we may (perhaps) ltand in need ofadelivery againe ~ If we k<Ope.our <;o~ behave ourfelves frowardly in His Covel)ant, what !hall become ofus then~ How v•"'"l· !hall we hope for fuch another at His hands~ And if He doe not, who can deliver us from fuch another~ But, fuch another(we ho'pe)!hall never come: And I wifh, and hope (o, too; But Wolhall bt . lhouldhope fothemher,ifi could fee,wedid but fer ourfelvcs to{erve Him,as hath :;~:;:~~ beene [aid. Otherwife,the Divell, be is our enemie; (that is once.) And ifwe had no other, - other,he is enough: An unquiet fpirit he is;I trufl him not,though ever lince,he lleeps the Foxes lleepe. For the breachofour covenant, ifhe be let loofe, he is able ro doe mifchiefe enough.And we havethe amends in ourhands.Liberati we had,stl·viawn we returned nor. Returne it then, and rhen we !hall bewitho11tfeare ofany more. Andnotonelywitho11tfeare : but we !hall be in hope alfo; and thar,not ofa new W~tl.allt;e iq deliverAnceonely (ifneed be) but,ofa further matter. Forrhough our(ervicebe due, ::;'!,'4.of~r~, without any: but muchmoredue,uponade/ivery,Cpecially futh as oursthis day was, · though no more ever fhould be done for us: yet that wee may kndw, wee fervea L o R o of great bounty, this !hall noc beall : over and above our alfurance to bede– livered, toties quoties; we lhall not be unconlidered for our (ervire, belides. Let our delivery goe, tranfe~t: He delires nofirvice, but for a reward. And fo I returne now to the word of our [ervire, the word of our Text, Reward is in ••7f••~"'· In '"""'"~"',thereisN<"&v: And,.1,,,is a recompence or reward. Go o'sfer- t' bod~of . vi,;e is ••7f••- Deliveredwe were, by Covenant : 0 fHis great bounty,Rewarded we ~~~:J;'.~t(I~""' !hall be belide. Itisinrhe very body of tlte word (this.) [tr1Jt._> So here iHO'&r and ,;~,=>.STeP' in ourdelivery,and ·~7f" in our recompence. Let one ofthem, ••"&or ••~·: or, ifnot one ofthem, both ofthem prevaile with us, to fceHimferved. . . And what !hall the rewardbe~ I willtellyouthat, and fo end. It !hall be the Ther.,.ard of Granddeliverance in the BeneiiEI~M, here. And ours ofthe day was a riddance ofus, our fmice. - from our bodilyenemies,for the time; and we fet in a ltate oftemporall peace,which we hav~enjoyed ever lince: So, the final! rewarq ofourfervire !hall be'a riddance Wirhohi {m•; fromourgholl:lyenemies, forever; that come not with a puffe or blalt ol Powder, but with a lake of fire and brimltone, the{mokewhereofJba!l afcendfor evmiHJYe'. To Rml.• 4 .•r; be rid ofthem, and fo being rid, to enjoy a State, of perfect, ofeternall peace and -– fecurity, without ever fearingmore,jinetimgrt, indeed. And tomake it every way correfpoodent: for coram ipfo, here; it !hallbe, roram BefOre lfilll· ipfo, there. Even inH~pre{em·e, in who{eprefence is the {tt!ne!Je of joy. Pfalt6., •· ' . A_nd for omnibm diebm, here: allthe dayes ofthis tranlitory, ll10rt life, we !hall AN tht da 1 tt enJOY: 1t all the daycs of heaven. Om»ibll4 diebtu? nayomnibm[erulis, all the Ages of ofo•!~' etermty. And lo, forrhat, which in Law is held but as a leafe offevcn yeares,have an everlalting free-hold, in His heavenly Kingdome, there to reape the reward of ourService, worldwithout end. .A SER~
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