314 2. 3. Dar. Beleeversare fellow-citi- zens. Heb.ta. as. Heb.tz. c Phil.;. zo. Rom.ç. s. Yfe r. Seek one an- thers good. 2. Conformto theordersof our city. Epheftan.c,Chapoz. V e R. 19. 2. This doth Rand with r Pet. 1. r . becaufe they fpeak not of one and the fame matter: For theyare faid to be ftrangers in regard of any during city here,thefe are faid to be ftrangers inregardoftheir city not made with hands, which they live in, and have right to,even the cityabove. Now 3. the often rehearfallof this doth warne us ofour dull, neffe, for eatenbread is fooneforgotten; deliverances, though great, are but a nine dayes wonder. Againe,it loth fprinkle a fweetneffeupon the heart, the fecure re- membranceofa miferyefcaped. Men willtell withdelight now rich, howpoore they came hither or thither, how little theybegun with, how friendleffe. The loveof God which maketh us bold to got to God, is fhed in our hearts. To love. Chrift which wrought their enfranchifement that they arebrought to that neareconjunétion with God, whicha family bath with an houfhold or matter ofit. Secondly, he affirmeth that now they were fellow- citLens with the Saints; it doth teach , how they believing have communion together asthole that live in one city; They thatbelieve arecome to be of one citywith all the Saints. Heb. la. 22. We are come unto themount Sion, and to.the city ofthe living God , the celefiiall lerufalem andto the company of innumerable vtngels. Where two things are layd downer r: That when we arebrought tothe faith, we come to have Communion withall the Saints, that is,befellow- citizensin onecity, we live with them. a. How this Çcmmunion ftandeth with the Saints which are here below. Firft, what it is Anjw. A ftate of glory bywhich God commethto dwell in us,in which threleet crea- turesdwell as ina commodious; rich, defenced city : For this city muff be fo confidered , as to receive in it God and all Saints; it is therefore faid the city, or the Tabernacle of God, Pfal. ¡34. ,. A- gaine, it is faid that Abraham fought a city, Heb. r I. And nonefháU enterinto the city, but thoje whoare written iv the bathe ofthe Lambe, Revel. 2r. 27. A city is confidered two wayes : r. For a focietyof perfons; 2. A place. Theperfons, God,Chrift, Angels, men delft, dead or living. But how comeweto converfe with them in lcea. vend vinrw. Inregard of faith, hope, and defire. Faith is the evi- dence ofthingsnotfeen: Hope isthe eye: our conver/atiois is inheaven, whencewe lookfor the Saviour. I defire to bee diffolvedand tobeewith Chrifi. Phil. 1.23. Love; r. Pet. r. r. Whom, thoughyeehave not feen, yetyou love, and rejoyce under the hope of the glory cf God. Wee prayfor their accomplifhment with ours, come Lord lefas, come quickly. It doth teachus that we are bound, being fellow- citizens, to Peek the goodofeach other: As every one madefree ofany corporation, is fworne to the common goodof it. Itdoth teach us , that we mutt live according to the cuftomesof that city, whereof wee are freedenifons: wee fee in cities, their cu- ftomes i
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