"Ippli 3 . Grace far Grace, C rikeeverficroirgs of 1 ,cccr dly. Is this Loarine t 1 1.:',C,111 in a tray ecci2;ii;g 7hen behold ! uhat Tweet, and comfortable,and pleaiant lives the taints live, fekevers have. hen you look upon a Codlyman, and cc nide'. what great works he does, and what hard things he bears, whatgreat Affiecions he goes thorow You lay, Ccud Lord ! how is a man able to do, or bear all this ? I atti and Silay i nging in thehocks, when they were w, hipt andkoui g'd, & the blood running down their [boulders ; and yet hinging: Row ? how are they a- ble w do all4o bear all Ito here, here is the rearon :1 hey have all in a way of heceiving. IAhen you fee the little Child run by the father in his hand, in a green meadow, you fay, the Child bath a fne, and a fweet time : but when you fee theChild coming at a high gate,or flile to get over, or dirty lane to pile over; nowye lay, how will the Childdo now ? hy, finely the Childwill do as well, and better now, if the father takes the.child up in his arms, the dirty lane wil be the pleafanteit place to the child,when 'tis taken up into`the fathers arrnes. Thus 'tis with the Saints : great works they do, and hard things theygo tho- row Oh ! but they are taken up intoChriits Armes, and they haveall in a way of1:eceiving. Vv hen you look upon a man that does keep a great 1 able, ha,h many fervants attending on him ; his Purfe alwaies lull ofmoney ; you will fay, timely, this man leads a fine, and a fweet life; ifit do not coil him much for to receive ir, or get this money : but ifyou hear that he hath all his Eltate, only for telling his money, his great pains is all in receiving his money : Oh ! here'sa blefied man indeed, and here's a happy man you think prefently ! Thus 'tis 5 the gi eafpains of a Chri- flan is toReceive from Chriff, and to fpend for Chriff. Ch! whata fweet life does the Saints live,that live by Faith in jefus Chrift ? Thirdly. Is this Doarine true ? Then what abundance are there in the world, many that live under the C. olpel, that from hence are argued to have no laving intereft in je- Ins Chrifi. (Good peoplemark it ) that I lay, are not fa- vingly
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