jelje~tnrtcbing examination. I4l ·reft bloud-to flacke the fire, and queach the thirfi- 1 ing rage of perfec:urours. Their bodies were like :. ours, their firength was not the il:rengrh ofHones, 1 their limbs were not of Heele, nor.flefh of bra!Te, they were fenfible 0f paine and tormeqt as well as .we;' but the heat ofGods love within them, did wirh fttch a powerfull vigour fo wholly poffeffe– their foules, that it more prevailed to ·comfort them, than the flames .offire were able to confound them. ' 2. After that faving faith bath planted ~his fer– vent love of God in our hearts, it fpreads and im.. parts it felfe to the creatures, with due refpe(J, . . nn~rcifulLufage, and moderate delight in them, as , ' . ' wherein appearefom~prints ~ndfhadowes of the . · '. beauty, ~ wHaome, power and glory ofGod. But efpecially to men, becaure they are knit unto us l with anearer bond ofbrotherhood bi creation, 1 . andbeare about them the image of the fame Crea~ \ tour; bur ·tnofr deareJy ofall to true Chrifrians, . and fanctified men, becaufe they are fellowmem~ . ' bersof ChrHts body, andco-heires with us of the felfe fame Kingdome.Hereupon it is that Paul Gat. 6.1o.bids us doe.~oodlllJto alhmn;h1-tt efp~cia!ly'to tbem · ofthehoujholdoffa.:th. And thatDavid tel sus,Pfat. r 6. 3. ·That -at!hit detight itJ thf:·hf)ty ones whkh (/re bere on e~trth, a~tdchiiflJ ill, thofe that exrellinvertue: This love . . of the Saints andgodly,nien, is a manifeft marke ' Iof.iaving faith, and an iafatible .figne of 1 true re– generation. The fptrit of Godhath pointed it' out , as, a firong deinonfhation' ' and propofed:" ir as a t:Ourh-fron.e forrr-iall in this point. Weknow faith' · . · . Iolm; ,'T" -
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