Spiritual Fer f cEflon. want, that thou fhouldíl look on fueh a dead Dog as I am? Mephibojbeth was of Royal Extra&ion , and the Son of Yonathan, who infinitely deferv'd of David, yet how does he vilife himfelf to magnifie the King's Favour ? What an extream difparity is there between the" Kindnefs of Davi. , and the condefccnding con- paffionate Love of God ? He is the Hrgb and Holy. Ore ; we were Enemies to hire and had our Portion with Dra - gons , yet he has received us into his Family, and adopted us into the Line of j-ieaven. 2. Confider, the Promifes fo exceed- ing great and precious, fo ¡table and fure, are conditional, and not to be obtain'd without content to the terms fpecifed in 'them' . The promises of the Gofpel are moft free in. their original and rife, the Love of God ;. but their performance iS fiafpended upon filch terms, as the boon:- tiful God requires' of us. 'Tis true , his Grace affil}s us to perform them, and the performance is for the full and final Glory of his Grace : But the Conditions are indifpenfab!yT reguir'd, The terms of the Gofpcl are as finely en}oyr'd to our Obtaining Salvation,, as the terms of the Lawwere to prefèrve the happy Life of Man in paradife. 'Tis not within the copes e4 Omnipotence, to admit us to partake
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