. SanBijication. State l'I f.. Ifa. xxvi. 20. And he is not only their refuge for protec?ion, but their ponioo for provi)ion, in 'that refuge; Pfal. cxlii. 5· Thou art my refuge, and my portion in the land of the , Jiving. They are provided for, for eternity, Heb.xi 16. lle hath prepared for them a city. And what be fees they have .need of for time, they fhall not want, Mat. vi. 31, 32· Take no tl:ought,jaying, !¥hat (hall we eat? Or whatjhalf 'We drink? or "J.Jherewithal jhal/ we he clothed? For,y•ur ' heavenly Father knowet/1 that you have need of all theft · thir1gs. Seafonable correffion is iikewife their. privilege as . foos: fo they are not fwffered to pafs with their faults, as 'happens to others who ate not children; but ferv·ants of the family, and will be turned out of doors for their mifcarri- ~ ages a~ length, He b. xii. 7. lf;·e eiidure c-haflenzng, God· dealeth with you 't' with fon!: for •u.Jhatfon iJ he <Whom th~ Father chafleneth not? They are hein of, ~nd fhall inherit · the promifes, Heb. vi. J2. Nay, they are heirs ofGod, who·_ . himfdf is the portion oftheir inheritance. l'f:;!l. xvi. S· and: )oint heirs with Chrifl, Rom. viii. q. And betaufe they are the c~ildren p-f tne great King,and young heirs of glory, .they have ange'ls for their attendants, who are font forth f-t)· minifler fo,r them thf!t;1iall_be hc'irs offalvation, Heb. i.14.· . A fourth benefit is jtmflijication, 1 Cor i. 30. · But of· !Jim are ye in Chrifi Jefzu, •who' of God is made unto ur wijdom, and righteoufte(s, and f;mflijication. Being united to _ Cbri~, they part~! ke of his Spirit, .which is the jpirif or holinefi. There is a fu!nefs of the Spirit in Cbtift, and it is not like the fulnefs of a vefftjl, which o·oly retains what is poured i~~to it ; but it is the fulnefs of a fountain for diffu- .fioo and communication, which is always fending forth its waters; and yet is always fulL The Spirit of Chrift~ tbat · ' fpirimai f:.p, which is in the fl-ock, and from thence is com– muni_cate to tbe br'anches, is the Spirit of grace, Zech. xii. · · :,. 10 And where the fpirit of grace dwell~, there will be· found ·a _complic;uion of all graces. H-J/inefi is no.t one · grace ody, but all the' graces of the Spirit: it is a confi.el– btion of graces; it is alt the graces rn their feed and root. And as the f.o:rp conveyed from the Hock into the branch, , goeS thro' it, and thro' ·every part cif it; ~Q the s~irit of 1 • Ch1 ill: far.chGes the wl;o/e man. The potfon of fm was.. d.tffufed through the rwholcfpirit, foul and body of the man;· , · · . an~
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