270 t Thet3:z.i:." z ThE(l:z.[ 4. Col t.5.] 4. i'Cal. t 6. 5,6. Whatit is to live by Faithconcerning more then tokeepe mehood- winked this way. OLord, I befeech thee finable me xo know, this:good andbleffed hope, the matter of mine inheritance` abundantly glo- Ì rions, that my heart may be ftill in Heaven ; and by thy Spirit lead me into all truth and holi;effe, that in due time I may poffeffe the. Kingdome ofglory whereunto I am called. Of thy freegrace thou haft called me by the Gofpell to this bleffed hope, which is laid up for me in Heaven : therefore is thy fcrvant bold to intreatc; the fence of thy love, the knowledge of this Hope, the increafe of grace, and affurance of thy mercy for evermore. Fourthly, We must quicken our felves,to rejoyce in God, Waitepatiently, andwalke chearfullybeforehim. Oh, the incomprehenfible love and favour of' the Lord. Was it ever found that any manof ranke or place did adopt the blinde, lame, deaf; ducnbe, or otherwifc deformed, to be heire, to fucceedehim inhis inheritance? My foule, rejoyce thou in the Lord, and bleffe his holy Name, for he bath looked upon my bafe eftate, andvi- fited me with mercy from on high : of a Rranger and forrainer, I ammade a free denifon of thenew Ierufalero; of the bondflave ofSathan, the friend ofChrift ; of the childe of wrath and damnation, the Tonne of Godand heire of falvation. My Naine is regiftred in Heaven, an eternal' waight of glory is referved, which the molt righteous God bath promifed, and in fitteft feafon will give untome. Why fhould I doate on earthly braveries, who have an eternal' life that hath molt excellent glory, honour, riches and happincffc, above all the heart can comprehend,joyned with it, prepared and given through faith in Chriff. It were notablebafeneffe, Wan heireof fumptuous and Rattly pallaces fhould covet the poore cottages of beggars that ftand by thehigh way fide. The Lord the portionofmine inheritance, andof my cup : thou maintainejt my lot. The lines arefallen unto me inpleafant places; yea Ih4ve4goodly heritage. My ftudie and care fhould
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