the promi f sofe'verlafting life. 253 then leave it to workes,that we might attairie theaccom-- plifhrnent by them, but it doth ever reft upon the jrro- mife, until/ we come toenjoy it. Heaven is an inheri- tance freely vouchfafed to the adopted formes of God, whole intereft ,to it commethby believing. not by wor- king.Thegift ofClod is eternall life through lefus Chrft our gom.6.13 Lord r and if it be a gift of meere favour, it cannot be of workes. If the inheritance be ofthe Law, it is no moreof Ep11.2.8,9 zo, promife: but God gave it to Abraham by proraifi. And Gal. 3.18. that which God will do about his children in theday of judgement, is calledmercy ; The Lordfbew mercy to One- 2 Tim. a. ts. fiphorus an that day. The immediate caufeof life is Gods Rom s.2 I. grace, as the immediate caufe ofdeath is,fn. But if life be ofgrace, it is by faith. * We arekept by the power of * , pet.,, ç. God through faith untofalvation. So that our faith never gives over, till ,vc come to be actually poflefled of the immortal] and undefiled inheri ance, refrrvedfor us in Heaven. Thirdly, By faith we receive the promii d. Snir'r, s'the carnet of our l..herica:ice, until the rer eml.ior, cf-the Ga1 3' purchafed p,fïelíìon, Becaufe ye are fowler, Godbaihlent 3 4. forth the Spirit ofh Son i Mtu your hearts,crying,,Al ba Fa- Ezek,39 ther. The Hole- Gho:ft d.o,h -firfi infùfe the gi ace offaith Gal 4.6. into our hearts, whereby webelieve : but believh g, and R9111.8.15. being made the f,rnet oft ,ewe receive theSpirit more frilly and manifeftly, dN clliog in , and afùrance of our redem;'xfon. By the benefit of the holy Ghoft faith fpringetlh in us, by wl .`eh"! faith the abundance of the felfe -fame fpirit is incre ,fed ; .and fo ofa greater faith is í1r11 ma, ea greater rn..re.£e ofthe Spirit, In whom b Ephef. i. * afteryee believed,yee were f aled with the Spirit ofpro utfe. John,y,38, He that believeth, out ofhis belly /hallflow rivers of living water. And thefe tufts of tf e Spi ir,.which we receive by faith fromChrift our Head are the beginningsof that glo- rious life we expe& and looke for ; one in fubf1ance;diffe- rent in degrees and according to the meafure ofgrace Í received, fo is the life ofglorybegun in us. Fourthly,
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