• j J 'The Saints ... · · 1 If faving knowl~dge) love to Chrill:ians 1 feare of : Gods elreadfull Ma.jefrie, zeale for kis glory, obe– . dience to his will) refpect unto all his Commande– - ments, reverence to his·Minifrers, joy in his pro~ · rnifes, humility under his chafricements, a fpiri– ; tuallhungringafcer'the Sacrament~ a firicerelong– : ing for his Sabbaths, an earneft wifhingandwai– ; ting for ChriH:s comming in theclouds~ and {uch ; other fpirituallgraces dwell plentifully inus) and : expreff'e themfelves fruitfully in our lives.and con· ~ verfation·s; then affuredly the root of life, and ~ fountaine ofaUother graces, a lively faith is fea– i ted in our fou~es. But if thefe fruits doe notap– : peare, our faith is ne>ti a Jiving tree, ·planted·by the. ; Riversof -Gods bletfings, bUt'adec1d fiocke, onely • gilt and . verni!hed over with fome glifrering , fuewe~, ·Jike,the glqwing and fhining of rotten ; wood. Ifwewould try thenwhethef our faith be · tru5! andjufrify-ingor'no~ there is'no better touch- . ·/ frone, than the fevel'all fruirs and branches of fin– :· ctification: Letusrunneoverfomeofthembrief.: : !y,; and with uprightnefleof confcie-nee, compare' ~ themwithwrprefenadifpolition. 1 .• Doeweefa– . crificeourwhole hearts, confecrate our affections, •devote our thoughts, rentin~them refolutelyfrom ; earthly pleafures, and chis vaine world; to doeun– , to God faithfully and fincerely; ·the·bdtand ut– ; moll fervice wee can ? 2. In refpetl: of glorify· : i/ng God, li?Jd l{eepiiJg 4• got~(/; ~o?Jjtie?JCe in nit thi#g_t, ' ~2 Cor. r. 1 2 . Doewe fCorne wtthaa l!oly contempt, a1'1prop~an~ fcofFes and cenfures, all .difcettnre– nance of.men, _· and the uotermoft rage of perfel ~ l · · cutin_g
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