. 'A ~4int or 11 Bnllt~ Pare II~ 1 s.in Covenant Wit~ all the Saints, ( P fa/m 50.5.) and this is the Covenant [IW1ll /;e yo~r qod, ana you foa/-1./;e my People.] Je,r.7.23-. Ez.., ~ 36.28 •. rer. II.4.&30.22. Lev.26 .45. 1 2 . Ez..~ ~- I I: 20. e! 3-7· 2 3, 27. 2 Cor. 6. I 6. He is a God eo others as aKmg 1-s-a K1ng ro-Traytors whom he will condemn: But he is aGod to his .People,. <as. a King is. related to his faithful fubjeflt, and a Farher to h1s dearef.l chdd. When he calleth himfelf [~ur Ftt_ther, J. he. fpeaketh fo muc.h o_f his childrens Happinefs, a~ 1s rhe1r adm~t'atzon. as well as thetr JOJ.· But when he calleth h1mfelf [Our God J he fpeaks as much as roach as can be fpoken. To be- [our Gvd J is to be [the Infinite, Power, Wi/d&m and Goodnefs engaged to U6for our Good, and to be ours acc-ording to our neceJ!ity ·and capact'ty. J. Tb1s, 0 ye worldlings, is the Ric-hes of theSaints! This is the Wealth-that we will boldly boafi of. Boafi: you of your houfes and lands and money, and we will boafi ofour Ged: ~ Haveyou Houfes; and Towns and Councreys at comm-and? · Be it fo: but the Saints have the God of theworl-d, to be their God. Have you Kingdoms and Dominions? We l1ave the·God of all the earth; the King of Kings; and Lord of Lords. ·Set all your . Riches in the ballanceagainfi l1im, and try what they-will prove. Sec all -the world, and the Kingdoms, and Glory, and Wealthof it in the -ballance,and· try whether they .are any more to God, then one dufi or feather to all the world; yea they are nething, and lefs then ,n.o.thing; vanityand lighter then vanity it /elf. Ifa. 4Q.I 6, 17. This one Jewel containeth all ourTreafure. . He is . our$ that bath all things: What then can we need? Pfal. 23 . I. He is ours thatk,nt~wetJJ all things: Who then caq overt;each us, .. or undo Bs by deceit? He is -ours that ca11J do ail t:hing~ : Wbac theti {houldwe, fear? and what power fuaJl .prevail againHus? He is ours-that is Goodnefs and Love ir: felf. How then can we bemiferable? or what imperfection can there be in our FeUn fit)?] They that truftin thei-r wealth,.4ndboaft them/elves in the . multitudeof thfir richu, none of them can 6y any means rcdee.m his brother .( nor--himfelf) that he .foou!d live·f or ever and not fee corruption. 1 pfalm49· 6, 7, 9 [But God l-J)i/l redeemUJfrom the po'r\?er of the gr_ave ;·f~r he jbdl/ receive~] Ver. I 5. Let the, -worken of iniq-uity ·bMft themfelvcs a whtle ! ( Pfalm 94· 4· ) Lq thewick..,edbMjJ .@f their heffrts defire, and blefs. the CfJVetoua-., · · · ' - whom .
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