SERMONS ter appear like folid Chryftal, till the warm beams of the Sun dif- folve them, anddifcover the hy- . pocrifie of the Chryflal. Falfe Jewels may Teem to have the lu- fler of Diamonds, till they are broke by a fall, and difcovered to be Glafs. Thus the Riches, the Honours and Pleafures of the Flefh melt fore, and temporal Evils break the refolutions of o- thers, and make it evident they were not fincereConverts. But where the holy Spirit favingly works, be ú laid to dwell: he is not like a Paffenger, or a Tenant at- will, that negleds the Houle,and fullers it to fall into ruine, but as the Proprietary and Owner he keeps perpetual refidence in true Chriílians, and by his continual influence preferves them from fi- nal Apoilacy. Now from hencewe may judg whe-
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