theporkies ofperfe^verance, &c. 279 Looke howmuchwecome fbort inbelieving the faith- full promifes of God concerning,our future proteç}ion from all hurtfull cvils, (the grcateft whereof is fo much are we lacking to found peaceand liable tranquillitie ofMinde andConfcience.Thebetter wehave Iearned to live by faith inChrifl, as the Author and fini- flier of our faith, and raifer of us up at the lafl day, the greater and more fledt:all is our comfort. The men of th s world be not fatisfied with the pofleffion of their purchafed inheritance, but they feeke to flrengthenand alluretheir title againft future claimes, before they can be quiet. Chriftian is acquainted with the pro.. miles ofpardon and forgivenefe, believeth in Chrìfl for falvation, and is reconciled unto God; When his con- fcience is purged, that there remaineth no more t,rrib1e remembrance offinnes paft ; his lulls fubdued and van- quiihed ; his h.- art quieted from all perturbations ; and all i :ward difturbance, which was in man againft hinfelfe, done away ; and when thefe things areknowne unto the Confcience : yet one thing is wanting to found and full peace ; that is, holy fecurity for time to come again(lall enemies both inward and outward, that they (hall not hurt us much left prevaile againft tts.For ifwhat wepoi fefle mayutterlybe loft, or what we hopeand expei,be tncerely uncertaineandconjeaurall, built upon the good ufeofour free-will, and notupon the free and unchange- able grace of God, what refit or quiet in refpeet ofhis future eflate can any man finds inhimfelfe ? but let the heart be eflablifhed in this, that Godwill carrie him for- ward fromgrace to grace till he have brought him to his everlafting Kingdome; thathis faith (hall never faile, the graces of the Spirit (hallnever witherand decay,; Sathan with all his mal ce, the world with the manifold' allurc- ments thereoffhall never prevaileagainfl him;this freeth frommuch heart griefe, perplexitie, diflruftfull furrow, and unprofitable trouble,whenhe feeles his ovine weak- neffe, thinkes ofSathan and the worlds power, heares of T 4 the
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