256 What it is to live by Frtlthconcerrsing glory is reserved to the:' life to comes but the beginnings ofglory, peace ofco, .cieuce, joy in the holy Cliff, and fanftiixcatror ofth in Sph it, a. re vouchfafed here. Grace is the of gíß, v, and glory theperfec`fionofgrace. According to th: g: ace received, and as we grow up sfiSaoCtification,fo we enter upon thepofidlion ofoureter,'all >rì':erita,rce. And true lively fäithdoth co- ver grace more and more, and draw unto it felfc from ChriPs fülu_íle. 9 Seventhly, It Parnell/ delires and longeth after the Foal s.13. full accomplrfhment ofglory, Our(elves alfa whichhave the ß'j't fruiis of the Spirit, even wee our films£roane within our (elves, waiting for the 4'doprson, to wit, the redemption of the Bodie. I defire to depart, and to bee Phil,r.23, with Chril, which is farre better. Salvation is the endof faith; Heaven the 'habitation or home of the faithful!. zcot. f.a. For in this wegr.^axe earnes`ily, dffring to becleathod upon withour house, which is from Heaven. Natural' bodies move to their proper place ; all living things covet per- feetion in their ki d : heaven is theproper place andcon- dition of the faithful), lu e everlasting the perfection of faith : therefore if faith bee lively, it longeth after the fruition of glory, and fah poileffionofthe promifed in- heritance. S. Eightly, Ir aflwueth that weare made heires of ever- fallinglife, to which Godofhis grace will bring us inhis jab r, tern: appointed. Behold what love the Father bath bef¢owedurn us, that wee ffso,fll !see called the fanner of Verfc z. God Belovednow are wee the fonnes of God, and it dotb not yet appe.re what wee ¡hall bee : Wee know that wee have Verfc i4. pa(fèd from sleuth nto life, be aufe wee love the brethren. Neither Both the manner of fpeaking favour of ought but certainty, neither cou'd it agree with the gravityof the Apoale to fpeakc fo indefií'itely, fo indetermninately of that, whereof hec hid no certaine ground, no firme rcfolution, but onely tome likely guefic, or conjeCturall hope. And grant it of lohn, and the Apoales, that they knew
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