comfortable walking withGod. Si peace of foule , from thofe three heavenly golden conduits of fweetefl comfort, Rom. 8.18, z 8, ; z. Thus in any trouble of foule , body , good name, out- ward (rate, prefent , or to come ; thou mayefl by the fo- veraigne power of faith working upon the Word , not one- ly draw out the fling, and expell thepoyfonof it; but alfo create a great deale of comfort to thy truely-humbled foule, and maintifine it indefpite of all mortal]. or infernali oppofition, in a conftant fpirituall gladneffe. For all thofe promifes , whereupon thy heavy heart infuckcafes may re- pofe, and refrefh it felfe , have their being from the bleffed name Iehovah : See Exod. 6. 3. and therefore are as Pure, asGod himfelfe : they are fealedwith the bloody fufferings of his onely Sonne and therefore as true , as truth it felfe : and, if thoube inChrifl, are all ascertainely thine, as the heart in thy body, or bloód that runnes in thy veines. Nay, anda littlemore for thy comfort, the gloryof Gods truth is mightily advanced, and himfelfeextraordinarily pleafed, by thy more refolute, ftedfaft , and triumphant cleaving unto them. What ableffed , Tweet , andheavenly life then is the life of faith V. Apprehend inthy minde, and fettle in thine heart, a true eftimate, and right conceit of the fubftanceand power, marrow, and materials of Chriflianity. Which doth not confift, as toomany fuppofe. In outward fhewes, profe(hon, talking : in holding lriEt points, defending precife opinions, conteftingagainst the corruptions of the times : In the worke wrought, ex- ternal' formes of religious exercifes, fes- taskes of hearing, reading, conference, and the like : in forme folemne out- ward extraordinary abftinences and forbearances, cenfu- ring others, &c. But, * in righteoufieeflr, peace, joy in * Humilitas in converfatione,fta -. bilitas in fide, verecundiain verbis, inLathsiuftitia, in operibus mifericordia,in moribus difciplina, in- juriram facere non noffe, &fadam tolerare poffe,cum fratibus pacem scaere, Deum toro corde diligere, amare in ilia quod patareft, timerequod Dens eft , Chrillo nihil omnir,ò præronere , quia nec nobis illequicquampræporuit, charitati ejus tnfeparabiliteradhærcre +tan o do ejus nomine, &honore certameneft, exüiberein fermoneconftantiam, qua confitemur : in gaæliione fiduciam, qua congtedi- mur in mortepatientiam, quit coronarnur. Hoc eft cohasedent Cbrüli vele elle, hoc eft pr ccepauo Dci f*eze, hoecft YeltntatetnPsttis idimelete, Cjjtrian 4 ow. Dernin. the.
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