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WOF The Life of Faith. 243 and (hall be fulfilled in him. Heb. 8 6. He bath obtained a more excellent Mini/try, by bow much alfo ke a the Mediatour of a bet- ter Covenant, which war eftablijïed on better Promifes. And thole that arc better, cannot be lefsfore. It is the fare mercies of David, that arc given u-, by a Promife which is furs to all the f ed, Aâs i3.34.Ifa.55 ;. Rom.4.16. Dire&. 4. Confider well that it is Gods own intere(h to fulfil his Promij's; far be artainetb Hot that glory of his L,ve and Grace in theperfeliion of his people till it be done, wbicb be defigned in the making ofthem. Andcertainly Gad will not fail himfclf and his own intereff. The happinefs will be ours, but it will be his everlatling plea- fare to feehis creatures in their p:rfct` ion. If he was fo plea.. fed after the Creation, to fee themall good, that he appointed a Sabbath of Bell, to celebrate the commemoration ofit; how much more will it pleafe him to fieall reflored by Jefus Chrill, and brought up to that perfcaion whichAdam was but in the way towhen he finned and fell (bolt of the Glory of God. He will nosmils of his own detgn, nor lofe the everlaftingcom- placency- of his love. Dir.l` . 5. Confider how greatftrefa Godbath laidupon the be- lief of his promijes, and ofbowgreat ufe be bath made them in the world. If the intimationofanal' er world and reward which we find in Nature, and the Promi(e efit inScriptures, were out of the world, or were not believed, and fo men had nothing bue temporal motives to rule their hearts and lives by, O what an odious thing would man be? and what a Hell would the world be ? I have elfewherc (hewed that the Governmentof the world is mainly timed by the hopes and fears of another life, and could not be otherwife, unlefs man be turned into fair work than a beaft. And certainly thole Promifes cannot be falle, which God hath laid fo great a ftrcfs on, and the belief of which isof fogreat moment. For the wife, and holy, and powerful God, thither ncedeth a lye, noncan ufe it to togreat a work. Died. 6. Take notice bow agreeable Gods Promifes are to the Nature both of Godandman. lc is not only Gods Precepts that have acongtnenee to na- H h a rural

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