lt1Jdperpetu.al/ quide. 141 Let him confider, what a foule and wretched, ' s what a damned and an accurfcd creature bee had Conlidcrwhac .b h d h. . G d f 1 thou hadft eene; a not. IS gractous o , out o t 1e un- , beene,ifGoJ fearchabl~ depth of his infinite goodne!fe and had left rhec inercie, fingled him out to be his fervant upon to thyfdfe. Earth, and a Saint in Heaven. It was onelj Gods ' free merde, that beforeall eternitie, by the great Decree of his eternall eleCt ion, marked himout · for Heaven and endle!fc joyes, .from amidfi: the · huge rnaffe of all mankind. It was the fame,thar after caufed him to fend his owne and onely · Sonne, out of his owne Bofome) and height of Majeily;thatwith his deareftand precious bloud~ ' bee might redeeme his S_oulc from the fnares of Hell, intowhich bee was fallen, by .Ad4mJ fall: which in due time, by the inward, fpecialJ; and . effechtall power of his .unfpotted Spirit, c~Hed , -him into his Kingdome of Grace, wafbed him, · j,Lt fi ified, and fa: n&ified him, in the Name of the : Lord Icfus. · plfe) othcrwife, had not thefe ever– la'il:ing and unconccivabic Bleflings beene call uponhim, byGods free ' mfere mercie, without all cau fc o:moth·e from man, or anyother crea- . red rh ing') ou t of h1s ..mfini te Selfe; .his cafe had • beene unfpeakablywofull: For he tbould have .; lived in this Vale of Teares, without God,with- ·· QUt Grace, without Comfort, without Confci- · -ence; in Sinne,.in Darkeneile,.in ProphanenetTe, ' .... . \ in all Spirituall Mifcries: And after the clofure . and period 'of thefc [erf! and evi!l d~tye.r, he (hould have beene endleffely divided and abandoned· from the j0.yes.and comforts of God's prefence, . : . inc.hained ___ 1 ,
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