(16) for many !hall feek and lhall not be able.] 2 Pet. ·1 ~to~ . Give d1ligence tomake your callingand eledioq fure. ] Jlom. 12. ri. · From thefe Andfttch textsyou mAy difcert~, thAt [Godlinefs con(tfletb in fuch diltgence for f~lvation , tU to feek it before any earthly thing, andnot to thmk the laboNr ~t a hely ltfe too much for it. ] . 5· Rom.8. I,),6,7,8,t3• Gal.).I8,I9.RtAdthem 1md1tJ# will fee that [ Godline[s confiflcth in livl;1g after the fPirit, ani not after the fle{b, And in mortifyiJ.?g the duds D{ the body by the fpirit, /,ving 1Mt by fenju~llty, hut hy ,Faith. ] 6. :John 3· 19, 20. [And this is ,the condemnation, th2t light is come imo theworld , and men loved dark- ./ nefs rather then light, becaufe their deeds were evil: F0r every one tb ~rt; ~6th evil hateth the light, neither cometh to•the light, left his deeds ihou'ld be reproved : but h~ that doth truth cometh to thelight ; &c.] 1 King. 1 I .7,8: And the King of Ifrael faid to (ehv{h.:ph.zt ., there is yet one man ( Mic~iah ) by whom we may enquire of tbe .Lord : but I hate him ; f.or he doth not prophefie good conce_rning me, but evil .: And /ebofbaphat faid, Let not the King fay fo.] E'rom the(e t~nd(uch·likeTexts you fee, th11t [ The Godly love the di(cor.vering light , and the moflforching faithful pre.tcher; but the ungoJ!y cannot endure the ltght whiCh fhewcth them their fins, nor love the Prtacbcrs that tell them of their fin and mifery. ] 7. I Cor• .I 3. rshn i 3-4 3~· By this null all men know that ye are my Difciples, if yof!love one another. ] 1 'John Z. 14. We· know thH We have p1£fed from death to life~ bccaufe we love the Brethren. ] r[al. 15 ·4. [ In who(e eyes a vile perfon is contemned , .but he ho 4 noureth them that fear the Lo~d. . From
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