The Life of Faith. not more freely lay out your time, and flrength, and wealth, and all that you have on the work ofGod ? Is Heaven worth no more ado than this ? Can you do no more for an endlefs life,and the efcaping of the wrath to come ? Shall worldlings over-doyou ?] Thefe would be your thoughts on loch a tight. CHAP. II. 'Vie of Exhortation. WHat// now remains but that you come into the light and beg of God,as the Prophet for his fervant, 2 King 6.17. to open your eyes,-thJatyou way fee the things that would do fo much [That the Godofour L,rd Jefus Chrtft, the Father of glory, may giveyou the[pint o b f ri 4,revelation, in the knowledgeof biro; the eyes of your underfianding being enlightened, that ye may know. what is the hope of his calling, and what ie the riches of the glory of his inheritance in theSaints, EpheC t. 17, i8.] O let thole things continually before your eyes, that mutt for- ever be before them4 Look ferioufly into the i nfall tale word and whatfoever that.fore-tells, believe it as if it were come to pals.. .The unbelief of Gods threatnings, and penal Laws, is the perdition of fouls, as well as the unbeliefofPromifes. , God giveth not falle fire, when he difchargeth the Canons of his terrible comminations : If you fall not down, you (hall find, thatthe lightening is attended with the thunder, and execu- tion will be done before you are aware. If there were any doubt of the things unfeen, yet you know it is paft all doubt, that there's nothing wife that's durable and worthy of your efiima- tion and regard : You muff be Knights and Gentlemen but a little while : fpeak but a few words more, and you'! have fpoke your laft. When you have fhpt a few nights more, you muff fleep till the Refurredion awake you (as to the flcfh.)_ Then where arc your pieafant habitations and contents ? your honours and attendance ? Is aday that is fpent, or a life that is tetInl, any thing, or nothing ? Is there any fweetnefs in a feaft that was eaten, or drink that wasdrink, or time that was
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