256 Spiritual Perfecrfion. but very becoming the Breaft of a Chri4 ífian. We arenow in a ¡fate of expe- aancy ; in a middle fiate between the twoWorlds. Hope is the properGrace to be exercifed here This gives us the foretaffeof the Fruits of Paradife : 'Tis of no ufe to thofe who are poffefs'd of flappinefs, and thofe are incapable of it, who are Miferable without Remedy. As Shadows vanifh at Mid-day, and at dark-night, fo Hope ceafes in Heaven, for 'tis accomplifh'd in full Fruition : it never enters into Hell for 'tis extin- guifh'd in Defpair. In the Glorious Light above, the Ferfeaion of Hope is obtain'd : the blacknefs of Darknefs be- low, excludes the leaft glimmering of Hope to refrefh the Horrors of the Place. 3. ' `is a nece{fary Grace in oür pre- fent State of Thal. We are furround- ed here with many Temptations, fome Inviting and Alluring, force Forcible and Terrifying : the Pleafures of Sin, and the Terrors of the Perfecuting World, to make us defert our Duty, and be un- faithful to God and our Souls. Now Hope is our helmet and breaft-plate, the principal parts of defenfive Armour to preferve us invulnerable in the heat of Battle. 'Tis the Anchor of the Soul fare and fiedfafl, that enters within the veil, and
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