( 117) ranee he bath from another Promife , and not from this. ) The text beforementioned proveth this, Heb.10,38. ifany man draw back,&c. Col. 1. 21, 22, 23 . eilndyou that. Were fometime alienated, and enemies inyour mindby wicked work!, yet now hathhe reconciled in the body of his flefb through death, to prefent you holy and unblamable,nnd unreprevable in hisfight. Ifye continue in the Faithgrounded andfettled, and be not moved away from the hope of the Gofpel. 2 Tim. 2. 12. If We Her with him , we 'hall alfo reign withhim ; Ifwe denyhim,he alto will den), ; Rev. 2. 7. To him that overcometh will Igive toeat of the tree of Life, &c. verf. 37.26. and 3. 5. 12. 21 . Joh. t 5 3,4,5,6,7,8,9,1o. Nowyee are clean through the Word that .1 have fpokenunto you. abide in rose, and 1in you. As the branch cannot bearfruit of it feIf , except it abide in the Vine,no more canye except ye abide in me, &c. For with- out meye, can do nothing. If a man abide not in me, he is cat forth -, as a branch, and is Withered,and mengather them, and call them into- the fire and they are burned. Ifye abide in me, and my words abide inyou, ye 'hall askIthatye will,and it 'hall be done unto you. Herein is my Father glorified, that ye bear muchfruit ; fo lagye be my Difciples. As the Father bath loved me, JO haveI lovedyou : con- tinue to in my love. If ye keep my Commandments, ye fball . abide in my love, even as Ihavekept my Fathers Commandments and abide in his love. Heb.3.6. whole hoisfe are we , if We hold faft the confi- dence and rejoycing of thehope firm unto the end. 14. For we are made partakers of Chrilt, if we hold the beginning of our Confidence fled- fall unto the end Heb. to. 23,2,6,30,34,3 5,36. Let no holdMI the profefsionof our Faith without Wavering, for he isfaithful that pro- mifed. For if we fin wilfully after we have received the knowledge of the truth, there remainetb no morefacriflee forfin, but a certain fear- ful look'ng for of Judgement, &c, This the Apollle fpeaks to them that tookjoyfully thefpoyling of theirgoods, k,noWimg in thtmftives that they had in heaven a better andmnre enduring fubflance ; and that had received confidence, and of whom he expreffeth his own_ confidence of them. Yet he faith further, We kgetv him that loath faid ,Vengeance belongeth to me, Iwill recompence, faith the Lord : andagain, The Lordlball ige his people. ft is a fearful thing tofall '- into the hands of the living god, &c. Ca# not away therefore your Confidence,which loathgreat recompence of reward. Forye have need of 'patience, that afterye have done the will ofGod,ye might receive the
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