Bates - BT825 B37 1683

upon DEATH. 133 6. But fuppofing in the lafl hours there be an unfeigned clo- :,fing with Chrì I according to the tloípel-Covenant, and a cordial change from the love of Sin to the love of Holinefs, this perfon íh411 certainly not mils of Hea- ven, but [T!eath will be leis com- fortable, than if he had in the courre of his Life declared the truth and power of Grace in fuch aas and fruits as are fuitable to it. The fum is this : the vainhope of living long, and being recon- ciled to God when they pleale, is the fatal foundation of Mens Sins andMifery. They apply the Word ofGod againílr the Mind of God, and fecurely provoke him, as if they could take Heaven by violence in contradi&ion to the Gofpel. But theyufually difpofe ofthat time they íhal never enjoy, K 3 or

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