Bates - BT825 B37 1683

upon DEA.TH. 149 of Afiaion and Exigency , as Cordial Waters in fwooningFits, the. Divine Prefence is uncoinfor- table to us. They who prefer carnal fweets before acquain Lance with .God, cannot with Peace and Joy think of appear- ing before him. O how unwel- come is Death to filch, f r then the Spirit returns to God that gave it. 6. Let us ffrengthen our belief of the 'blared fate after Death. DivineTruths lofe their influence and efficacy when they are not fledfafily believed. Faith ís the Heh. fúbfance o f things not feen, and the evidence or conviE ion of things hoped for. The Spirit confirms our Faith not by a pure Phyfical Aa, but by convincing Reafons of the truth of the Gofpel. The Life of Chrift fo glorious in holinefs, his Do rine fo becoming the Wil- L3 dom

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