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_'5_:_o~ , 2 _ _ _ _ ___ 0_f~H_E--::A_V_E_N_. ___ C_haJp.IX. feEl: ions to receive him upon God's terms for our Salvation. Faith is feared in the whole ~'~ ~;~.in 1'!;; ~~~~~r~~~ ~!~f~t~~~ ~ffi~!s ~:e ~~~~r~~.r~~i~eron~e~~t~~d P:it~;e ~~ !ecrs 'of them are communicated to the fame Perfons. 'Jefru Chrift u made of God to be- '{m~ers, W:fdom, . to cure then· Ignorance and Folly; Rrgbteoufnefs, to aboli!h their Guilt; SanC:!tficatton, to renew their Natures ; and Redemptton, to free them at lafi from the Grave, and bring them to Glory, 1 Cor. I. From hence 'tis clear, that the Faith which IS )Uflifying and faving, includes in its nature, as dependance and trufl in Chrift 'IS a pow:rful and merciful Mediator, that is able and wil.ling to reconcile us to God,and ma lceu~ for ever happy m hiS Favour.; fa a fincere refolutton of Obed10nce and Subjection to all ius holv Commands, even to the pluckmg out of the ttght Eye, and the cutting ofF the right hand, the parting with the mofl pleali~j'; or profitable Sins. For the Pro. mtfcs of God that are the Rule of Fa~th, make an offer of Chrdl Upon thefe Conditions to us: Him:bath God e.xalt:d ~ith his right hand, to be A Priiice ttnd a Saviour, for to give repmt•nce to Ifra el, and forg:venefs of Sins, Atls .)·~I. And ~nly_ the juj/.ifeil. Jba!l bt gioYifed, Rom. 8. Thofe therefore who deore a pamal Interefr In hrm.as a Savrour, out of abfolute neceffity to efcape fiell, and wtll not Out of Love fubmtt to him as their Prince, have not thJt Faith that is unfeigmd, and gives a Title to Eternal Life by the Promifes of the Gofpel. ... . 2 . We mufl chufe Heaven as otir fupreme ,Happirlefs, and regard it as the main end ~l;e 0~~v~i~,e~f ~od~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~it?;r~,;e~~~ite'if bT~b~~~!;r~~~P~~~~:~o;b ~i~u~a~;:;:it:1 ~i:rr~d'~;f,,by ~hi~r~h, f~~~~i~h: ~t'~~d ~~~nf~~i~~ t~v::~~tf.~~~ from the Creatures to God, is the eflea of Divine Grace, and wrought in a rational way. For Man IS not moved asarltfictal Engtnes by force, nor as Brutes from neceffity, their Faculties being determined by the olltward application of Objetls ~ he is not drawn up to Heaven by fuch a naturaltmpreffion, as Steel by the Loadflone, nor forc'd by a violent motion as a Stone afcen~s, but as an underfranding free Agent, by the direaion of the enlightned Mind, and the confent of the Will, an eletlive unconfrrained Faculty. And ~[,"~i~d~m~i~d~~;, ~:"'~;~~s ~~~e!:l"t~· t~e~~~;IeTE;~:~~~psN~;~~.~t~t•;re·;~: tivc Powers of every Creature be drawn forth into exerctfe for their prefervation, and accordingly he is pleafed to work in and by them; fa the Underfranding and Will, the Principles of Operation in Man, are to deliberate and chufe in orderrohisHappinefs: Otherwife the rational Facultieswould be in vain. His Goodnefs and Equity, in that he fets before them Eternal Life as the Reward of Obedi~nce. God will be glorified by ~~~ ~ili~:;,~·r;~rth~drti~~~~~~rrH:~~~~sili~~~~f.11ibl;~'b~~~~; ~~~ ~~~;: J~;;;: ved of it but for their neglect. The Dec~ee of a final frate of Mtfery, though not in ~n~·i~~tdsr~~~,fe~cln:~~ ~~f~~~~~f.t~~u~"h!t~~~~~~~i~~ei~ae~~~o~! ~~g~~&~~! the Equity of his Proceedings with Men by their own Principles, and with tender pity expofrulates, Why wtfl ye dre? The corrupt _Win, declining from God, and adhering to the Creature as its Happinefs, is the true caufe of Man's ruin. This will infinitely clear the Wifdom and Juflice, the Purity a~d Goodnefs of God from all Imputation. The choice of Heaven for our Felicity is primarily to be determined, for 'tis from tbe protpea of it that all holy Cou~fels derive their Life and Vigour. As in drawing the Picrure of a Man, the firfr wor4IS to delmeate the Head, not only as the part that mdtg· ~~tJ ~f~~e~j~rt0~~j;o~~~~ea~3ec~~~;fp~~td~~;! bfr~~~~ :!::~:·~~:;~~; ~~~icl1t;h; ~;~~ Figure becomes dtfordered and monfrrous. Thus m the moral confideratton of Man, that which is primarily to be conodered is the Soul, and its final Felicity, as incomparably :o;~;~~~~1~t{~!~ d~~e~~~~ ·: !~J~~~~~s \s fi~:~fifi;~t h=~~ f~~~~:r:~!;~~~d~ou& '\vhat is conducive to it. Now this being a matter of unfpealcable importance, I will, F,irjl, Shew what the regular Choice of Heayen includes, as to its Q!!.alities and Effeas. Secondly, Diretl how to make this Cl~oice. . , Thirdly, Prefent fame powerful Mottves to exctte us to tt, The

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