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Ephefians,
Chap.
y.
V
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R.
15.
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Reíf.a
s:
ti
3,
VERS!
iS.
reformed. 'What
paines
we
take
for thethings
of
this earth
a
What
comfort
it
is
when our confcience can
give
us
teflimony
of
ftriving,
though
with much difcomfort
r
Say
therefore, Lord
draw me
and
I
will follow, thinke
that
fpoken
of
God,
Seeke my
face, fay, Lord
t
will
feeke thy
face.
Now
followeth the third
,
viz.
That
this muff move
us
, becaufe
Chrifi with
helpful!
grace
is
prefect, and
will
make himfelfe
knomne to
sus.
Repent,
for
the
kingdome
of
heaven
io
at hand,
Chrift
the
c
titelchizLedeck,
who
will
by
his
Spirit free
you from
bondage,
and
bleffe
you with
righteoufneffe,peace
and
joy
is
arhand;
i
knock,open;
why,lf
any open,
1
will
come
in and
fop
with him,
And
firft
this reafon
doth perfwade
us
by the equity
of
it
;
for
is
it
not meetthat if the
King
of
glory
give warning
of
his prcfence
and
being with
us, we fhould open
to
receive him
e
From the
poffibility
of
it;for
this
doth
Thew
us
where
is
our flrength
to
doe
that
which
we
are called on, Chrifi
fhad
give light.
From
the profit
and pleafure
of
it;
for
this
is a
briefe that infoldeth
all, betides to
have
Gnd
life
the light
of
his
countenance upon
us,
Numb.6.
Pfal.4.
Lerallift
up
the
light
of
thy countenance
on
me.
This
elaufc
doth
open
three things.
z.
That
men who will not
awake,
are
now without
excufe,
guilty
of
their owne deflruélion
:
for
as
if
one had a
Le-
thargie,
if
I
fhould
fay,
Be
whole,
fuch
a
one will certain-
ly
beak
you,
if
they would
not go
to the Phyfitian who
is
able
and willing
to
heale
them, do
they not
call
on
them
-
felves wilful(
deftruâion
2. Thisletteth
us fee
how great
indignity wee
profer
unto
Chrift,
for
he
biddeth
us
awake, telleth
us
hee will
helpe
us,
and come and dwell
in
our hearts
;
wee
like Nabals,
will
not
yeild him entertainment
,
will
not come
forth
of
warme
neafts, this
is
the
ftate
of
Gods people,
Cant.
.
Now
what
difloyaltie were
it
if
the
King fhould bid
men
prepare, he would
be with
them at
fuch a
time,
andmen
Mould fleepe
,
taking no notice
of
his gracious warning?
Somuch
more
ifthe
King
of
glory, the
Lord
Jefus
Chrift
call
on us,and wee
1hll
fnort or
(lumber,
put our felves
in
no
readineffe
to
entertaine
him.
3.
It
letteth
us
fee
where
is
all our help and fufficiency,inthis
that Chrift
will
doe,
Awake,Chrifl
findgive
you
light.
We
feele
flumber,
it maketh us wee cannot fee, heare, tafte,
flothfull,
wee cannot goe
in
the
way
of
the
Cornmande-
meats
:Where
is
our help !
Chrift
is
the light
and
life,that
quickning Spirit, he
is
the eye
of
the blinde
, the foote
of
the
lame; he maketh the lame
leape like
a
Hinde,
and
gi-
veth eyes, openeth
eares,
&c.
VE
R
S
E
IN. Take
heede
therefore
that
ye walke
airci
afpec7ly,
not
a
!ivies,
butas wife.
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