2S'O A'SAint ·or 4'm·ute; · Part H .. . fo are the godfy fe~arated by grace from the ungodly world . a.nd brought nearer God, .and ufed by him in the nobleilworks:-. [ In a gre11t houfe there are not only vef{ils of GoU and of Silver 6~t t~~!fo of W~Jod., and of earth, ~tnd fomc to honour , 1tnd fome t; , di/homur.] I Tan. 2. 20~ [If a mt~~n therefore turge himfelffr§m · fin , he /ball he ll 'Vtjfd unto honour , J~tnElified, t~~nd meet for ·· the mafterJ' ufe, ~tndprepared unto every good work; J Vcr. li. .. The Ve!fel that Swineare .fed in, .is not fo Honourable·as that- · which i:~ ufed ·at a Princes table. . If you would know what ufe the Godly are employed in • read I Pet. 2.. 5, g; [ .As !ivtLJ , ftones they- are 6ui!t up d f}ititual hBufe : they ~tre a boty ; PriefthG,d to offer up spirit;~a/ {~terifices unto God, which fotllt 'he acceptable ~) Jef;u Chrift. ·They ~re a c'ho[en geperation, a royal Pr.ieflhood dn holJ Nation , a pec·ulit~~r p~ople that they ·· fbould ./hew f(,)rth the praifes of him who hath ell/led them out of · dark_.ne/s into hils tJMr'fJ'e/t@UJ · light: J; The holy Scriptures tcl1 · yo1:1 the work of Saints:. Compare them with the work ofthe drunkard, theglmtoA, the gamefl:er, the for-nicator, or the eo- · vetous or ambitious worh:iling, and let your reafon tell yo1:1 whieh is the more Honourable, Pfalrn 34· 9. [ 0 fem· ·the Lord je bu · SAi111ts: for ·there u nfJ WRnt to them th.rt jMrhim.] Pfa1 .~ 1.23. " [0Love the Lord~tll ye hu s~ints: for the Lord preferveth the faithful.] Pfal. 89. 5 7 7· [The heavem Putll praife th] wonders 0 Lord: thy faithf~tlnefs .11./{o in the Cont,regation -ef the Saint'!o . God u gret~~tl] t~ 6efearul in the AjJembly 'of the Saint'S: ttnd tQ · be had in -revere111ce of altthem thllt areabout him. J Tfucfc are the rmployments of the Saints. -, 6. Moreover, the Godly hn.e the moft H'onoura6le entertain~ -ment by the God of all the world. They are ~id Welcome when others are rejtCled. The door i•opened to them that.isjhut againfi.. · the wil'ke,d. They arefamiii~tr with Jdus Chrifi, as the -children cf the family, when ochenare ftr.mgers ·whomhe will not know. . Cant. s. ·x. Matth.25.IO; Matth. 7· 23. [1 :will profefs Unto them, ]never kne~)DU: depart from me}~ work..ers of iniquity. J . Ffalm 1. 6:-[ForthcLordk..n-fPweththfway -oftb~Rtghteous:but · t~e -way ofthe ungodly [hall pt;ifh. J .The fairhf~l are feafted by ,– htm when the refl: are exammed wtth a [ Frund, h~w ·cormft thod.inhither,not havingonawedding gllnnent! ·j,ind him hand ~nd foot #lnd faft him intB outer dv~rk._ne.{s,] Matth. 22. 12, I 3o ., ~hey ~r~ ~~l!~~ ~he ~~~'-4!_~1}_ £~'!.!h.~~e: th.6 bread, ~~d the ref.t ~~~~ (;0 111;11!,- "' \.;
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