Inftrldli.onJ for a right comforting Se~.~. ------- - . ---- -·-- ----- univcrfall contentedneife in all our courfes, and. paf- * §)_uanta111 inter trtJIJ - fagcs thorow this vale of teares, from the worlds f.Uill~ff~mu111 interefl deareH: Mmion, and moft admired Favourite,as •the partu111, !9' mare tef!J· higheft Y.egion ofth~ A ire, from th:! reftleJTe tmd rMi•t!!. peftuoft 1 am Caltqu~ fl,,. Sea. Efpecially, if that unhaopily hap;)y wr~tdi ·· ,ommo · um. u y10 'ki. r. . . 4 ~ r-A.---'"' have a wa · t'1g COiliC1ence. 3.H~aven!y vigour up- 3. Or at leaft, ever a fecret heavenly via-our hold~pgltinalldbtes whereby the 'foule is favingly fupported. m ~ha~· '-------v-.1 n. r. h · h · b d h · ,.*who u among you nate 10ever; t . oug It e un _er t e ~ontmued preftiat Jearetb the Lord, fm;es of moll htd~O!JS temptations. 1 he ~ythe ofthe that o;yetb the voice terrour whereof would make m1ny a worldlincr Df H~ [ervat ,that •al make away hirrtfelfe, becaufe he wants this fl:ay~ · l(etb tn l~arb~t~eflLe,t baz~m,l And fuppofe they fhould !aft unto theta it gafpe,even ~at~no tg,, • e h' d' h N . ~ru/1 in tbt Name oj unto t me et~ mg o~re; ay en~r~nce mto H~aven.; the Lard , andft~t.y up· '~~<i< yet notwuhfl:andmg, thy fpmtuall fiate IS not '"•u Go:l,Ifa. so-Ic.' thereby prejudiced, bu_t thy falvation is fl:ill mofl: Here it ~ppearcs, thac fure;and.thy firll taH:e of thofe eternal! )oyes 11nll be G onedwbtch trulyl~~ar~s "thefwceter, by how much thy former temptations o , m.1y wa '\.e .,, d l h be l r. ' darkneffi and have an . tna s ave ene t1e 1orer. For we 1nufi:5v~r 11~ light of comfort: hold fall: th1s blefied truth; I That we are JuihAnd that fuch an one - m~y be cercai•1ely f~vad, by ft~ing upon hu Go,J; by leaning upon Him, as onelelnes ~on a flafL 11'»niti,ir.niti,incumberc JVw:nn•n'17 lllcurnbeht bajlte fu<t,tlittbatur (uper laflarn fuarn , :. Sam,1,6, Buxtor. 1 fhofe that .m: affiH~t.:d in confoenc.:, becauC:-chty "ailt afturJnce offalvation, have no caufe of defp::~ir.:, or of difcouragemenc, as {ono a'S with ao he .•v,laden foi1l, huTlgring for ll'lcrcy,they tru1l in Chri!ljand·cafi thernfe!;.es wholly upon His merits for.falvat ioo, 'aceordiAg_to the Gn~l'l· Fnr the ·condi don of tbe Gofpell,rcqutred of6nnernofJlvation,u ndt a comtorc,but a ducy;not an 3il'urance. thlt they are faved,;but a truft in Chriit,that they fh.11l be [wed. So that, as lol'lg l Sthcy reft on ~hrifts merits, lecke to no otl1er meams, but vvith'fuch :an heat c, a~ h.\ eh beene Taid,to (eeke t '> ~hri{l forTalvation; as foone as t-hey have bditv:d in Chrilt, they :ue jUfl•fic:d tianers, though they doe not pr·dehtlyfeelehy the vvitnelfe oft he Sp:nt, a full a!furance,that they ar.ef:1ved t;liibJfJin his Tria!lof F4itb)ib.:.,cap.4~P~· t 8 5. Whmforc comfort your fd ves, 0 ye, tlut are tender-hearted, and troubled mtnded Chrilh. QnS' bccau!e you -fec~e f!Ot tae a!fura!lce of your {\lvation;;in as nmch as the condition of the Gofpdl is not; That h ~ thlt bekcves in Cnrill, Gull h.e aflined offalvati on>but thJt he Qlall ,be [aved:fo th~t thoug h thou ~ever have in . tl~ine owne foule a feeling t~fa!f¥Jred perfwa6on, that thou ' att faved ; yet :1si'O!t.g, as wich 3 heart mourning aftcl' Chrill, and g.tfpm.g f.~r him, as th~b~r® ilsW fodP<atd- i thou ca\h th'y Ceffe upon him,::md han;H on Him fhll forfalvauon, "Yld..-trutl'Untu the merns Of his tle-ath :md obcdie~(~~lWl,! ~ki~ tbc ~d and cvent,cc:rtJlncly be f.md. JJcm.ibiJ.pao. ' 8 1. - . - 0&~
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=