Cbrijis Fidne.Freceived tyall saints. as loon asit was born : So theDevil handsbefore the foul, tocut off ,he fouls birth. Then alfo comes in the power ofall Relations ; And the power ofall Engagements; And the power of allformer Cttf: toms ; And the power ofan Evil Nature : Nay, ifyou will go this way to work, then farewel all. Friends; and fare- well all your former Pleafures and farewel all Preferment. NA/ as it not a great matter for _job to be upright in the Land of Vz ? why ? Becaufe there was much oppoution in it. Is it not a great matter, for a little poor Barque, or Veffel to liveat Sea in the time ofa iform for a little fpark of fire to live in much water? for alittle light to live in a great wind ? You look upon fuch a poor gracious foul, andyou donot confider the wind that blows upon it, the forms thatbeat upon it ; and you fay, 'Tis not much Grace he bath, or much good, he does : Oh! but confider, if you would confider the great Oppofition that the foul meets withal, then youwill fay, Oh! 'tis much indeed, there is AbundanceofGrace there. Secondly. Confider the Retinue ofGrace: Gracehath a great Retinue, Though it be very mean, it hath rich Re- tinue. If a man hath but a poor Cottage, an Acre of Land, an half-Acre of Land , a Rood : Yet if it be an Earneff ofa great Inheritanee,'tismuch : Look upon the lit- tle Cottage in it fell, or the RoodofLand in it felf, 'tis not much but confider it as an Earnefi of a great Inheritance; fo 'tis much. Beloved! whatfoever Grace the Saints have, they have it but as an Falwell. Ye reade of the Tefiimony of the Spirit, of the Earneft of the Spirit : all the Grace that the Saints have on this fide. Heaven, 'tis all but the Earneft ofwhat they Ihal I have. And theApofile, he blef- fes God for this, as ye reade in the z . of the Caoffians 7 2. Giving thanks unto theFather, whichbath made us meet to be partakersofthe inheritance ofthe Saints in light : (Mark,) Here are Three things efpecially confiderable in thefe words: All the Children of God have an Inheritance. You have but one Heir to your Efate, all are not Heirs : but all God 3 a
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