Of EleElion. fires, e!leem, purfuance, the things ofthe other World, foas thou glotie!l not ~ in any Excellency, asJrr. 9· 2~,24. L<t 110t theW1jr ma11glory mkiswtf- Chap.4. tiom, neithtr ltt thf M1ghty ma11glorym hiS m1ght, let not thr Rzch manglo- ~ ry in his richu ; but let hsm thatg!onrth, gloryw thzs, th.zt he urJdrrfla,Jdtth andknoweth mr, that I am tht Lord, &cc wluch words do parucuhirly fp;akthe verytfum of Jamts his aim in thefegth, and 10th Yer{ts. 1.. Aad then hafi thou had Faith wrottght m ther, laying hold on th< love of Godin Chrip Jtfus, As, Vtrf. ~· ~· And that Faith when tried, thou hall found to work patience in thee, {ubmillion to God, quietnefs of heart upon this grou.nd, that thou waite!l upon God, and leave!\ the lifue ofall unto.htm. As Vtrj. 4· Though perhaps Pati· ence bath not yet had its full perfett work which itfhall have in thee, And 4· In all Di!lreffes thy heart cleaves unto God, which it fhews in earn– eft addreffes unto him for Grace, and Wifdom, to carry thee through, and feeke!l that wifdom, more than deliverance, efpecially when thou feare!l to be called to fufferfor Chri!l, which whenfoever it falls out, thou !\ill refolvefi to cleave to him, and adhere to thy Profellion in all trUths and duties revealed to thee, which thou fhalt come to be tried in, a• thofe which thou art to hold Iafi in fuch a day; to confefs and not deny, as it is faid of Johu, and as the three Children, 'Dan, 3· 16, 17. Shadrach, Mrfbach, and Abrdntgo,anfwrr– td andfaid to the King, 0 Nebuchadnezzar, we arenst carefnl to anjwer thu in tbi& matter; lf it bt fo, our God whom wtfervt, ua61t to delivtr tJJ from the J,urnzngfiery Flmract, and ht wi/J dtlivtr 1140111 if thine hand, 0 King: And fo thou '1/JtlVtrejl net, hafi not fo much as wavering thoughts whether to cleave to God and the rimes, and though aiJ this it comt upon tJJ, Yet havt w~ notforgotten thtt, 11eithtr havt Wt dealt fa/fly iiJ thy Covmant; Our htart u not turnedback, 11tither havt our f/tps declmed from thy way: Though thou haflfore 6roktn tJJ in tht tlact o{'Drago1u, and covtrtd tu with tht fbadow if tftath • Jj'wr haveforgotttn the namt ofour God, or f/rttched out o11r hm1ds to ajJ:angrGod;}ha/J not Godfearch thi& out? For he knowtth tht fecrtts of the htart: Tea, (or thyj'aktwe art killtd all thr day l.on$, we art COfllllt~ M Sh~ep forthtjlaughter. 'P4l. 44· from '7· to 23. (for thts rs that not wavermg whtch James intends in thofe times of Difirefs, and Temptation, and not only or mainly a doubting in r~fpec!l: of an Alfqrance that God will hear my prayers in this or that parti<ular.) 5'• And then lafily. hafi thou love to God, which James infcrts in Ver(. n. When heis tried, htjhaiJreceivt thr Crown oflife, which the Lord hath pro– mi{td to th.,tm that lovt him? (Of this I fpake fomething when I fpake to that of Calling.) And this is the frame and pulfe ofthy heart ?Let me tell thee from Jamu, or God rather, Thefe gifts are of the fort ofperfett and good gifts for kin<!l, as will in the end make thee perfed:; continue but in the exercife of them, and let them but have more time and {cope in thy heart, let them have their perfett work. Yea, and they are fuch gifts as God out ofhis Eternal Goool Will bath begotten in thee, and which in the end will rife up to be, and caufe thee to be the Firfifruits and perfettion ofthe whole Creation; and for which God bath an unchangable refped:, and will follow and·profecute without variable– nefs, or fhadow ofturning off from thee; and having wrought thefe good gifts in thee, be bath an everlafiing regard untothem, and out of his faithfulnefs will continue to preferve them. . For the Clofe, and for your further confolation and confirmation, I fhall here caft in this further Confolotory. You may obferve in feveral Scriptures where this good and faving Work of Calling isfpoken of, that there God's faithful– nefs is brought in, and laid afore you, as the Pawn and Gage to perform it, that Attribute of all other is !laked thereat, as that by virtue of which God bath called us, and is obliged to preferve that work of Calling by a more fpecial kind of Obligation , and there mufl be fome fpecial thing in it, and reafon for this their Connexion; but thus you do find them joyned together, 1Cor. 1. 8, 9· Who fballalfo confirm you unto the md, rhat ye may 6t J,lamtlefl in tht day of ottr Lord JtftJJ Chrifl. God it faithMm 1. [Hl,
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