368 e Partnottp of tie ibgue litttibutel Cha z8. World, but is revealed by him whofe Words 'hall re- ,,-- . main when Heaven andEarthfhallpafsaway. The Hea- venly Glories are not theVifìons of a contemplative per- fon that have no exiftence, but are great Realities pro- mifedby him, who as he died to purchafe, fohe rofe to witnefs the Truth of them. And tobring thefe Great Things, that are feparate and diftant from this prefent Bate, nearer to us ; He fometimes caufes Hell to rife up from beneath and flails in the faceof fecure finners, that theymay break off their Sins.by Repentance : and fome-r times he opens Heaven from above, the Paradifeof true delights, and fends down of the precious fruits of the Sun, ofthe precious things of the lafling Hills,that by the fight oftheir Beauty and the tafte of their fweetnefs, we may for ever abhor the pleafures ofSin. By the fre- quent and fenfible experience of the truthof the Gofpel in its Threatnings and Promifes, innumerable perfons have been converted from Sin to Holinefs, from Earth to Heaven, fromVanity to Eternity. 3 , Love is a prevalent affeEtion,ftronger than Death ; and Kindnefs is the greateft endearment ofLove. Now theLord Jefus expreft fuch admirable Love to us that being duly confdered it cannot but infpire us,with Love to him again, and with a grateful defire to pleafe hitrí in all things. He defcendedfrom Heaven to Eaikh,and deliveredhimfelf to a fhameful Death, that he might Tir. 14. redeemasfrom all Iniquity, andpurifieuntohimfelfapecu- liar people:zealous ofgoodworks. And what .Argument is more powerful to caufe in us a ferious hatred ofSin, than the Confederationofwhat Chrift hath ft'ffered to free us from the punifhment and power of it ' Ifa Man for his.Crimes were condemned to the Gallyes, and a Friendofhis who had been extremely injurd by him, thould ranfom him by a great fum ; when the guilt' .per- fon is reftored to liberty, will henot blulhfor ihame at the
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