promifesofearthly bleffings,&c. 363 will keepehis from everyevill workeunto hisheavenly kingdome. This matter may be exemplified in Come particular, fell. how we are to live by faith in the ufe ofmeate and drinke, Firfl,By faithwe learnout of the WordofGod,who have tonne-like intereft and title unto the creatures,what creatures are fanaifedunto our ufe, and how each man mutt fàncìifie them unto himfelfe by a reverent and holy ufe. As that the perfon muff be in covenant, refting upon Chrifl for falvation, and givinghimfelfe unto the [ludic, andfincere,unpartiall praftifeof holineffe ; the foodmutt be lawfully gotten, provided with wife refpe t ofour. place and manes, without dif}rading care, or exquifite curiofity and niceneffe ; received, with thanksgiving, as fromGods hand, and ufed as inhis fight and prefence,for Inch ends and purpofes as he bath appointed. Secondly,It receiveth them not as the fruit of our fore- call, labour, or deiert,but as gifts of a Gods bounty,yea,as gifts ofb the gratious covenant, proceeding from the free love ofGod.For in the covenant ofgrace God promifeth not oncly towritehis law inour hearts, and to forgive our fins, but alfoto coact-re temporallblefiings, as they !hall be ferviceableto us inour journey towards Heaven. Mcn that makea great purchafe, delire tohave tome part in prefent pof effion : and our gratious God,making pro- mifeof eternal! happineffe, doth giveearthly bleffings in hand, as pertaining to that heavenly poffeffi.on, whichwe !hall enjoy hereafter.Now as Godgives temporali things to his people in covenant, foBoth faith receive them as tokens of fpcciallgood-will and favour in jefus Chritl,in and through whom of free grace, fonne-like right and title to the creatures is reftored, which by finne and difo- bedience was forfeited. And thefe confiderations fltike the heart with reverence,inflame it with love,and raifc an holy regard and care not to abufe this grant ofmercy, breeds an acknowledgement ofourunworthineffe ofany mercy, Hon, talive by fa-tb in the tife ofmeate and drin;e. r ITitn.4.4,s. Titus.i.xf. ,, nap xz. a. prat. x 04.3 I. A& 145.15. hPfal.z3.5. HoCz.18,29. Ezek.3744,a5 Heb.1.z.& z.t
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