driftsFalneflreceived byall saints. 123 theywill do it whatever it be : but would Iefus Chrift do fo? When Iefus Chrift was upon the earth, He was Zea- lous , The Zeal of thinehot*bath eatenme up : but they are 7ob.2,r7 formal, and they are Luke-warm Ch ! is this Grace for Grace? is this your Anfwerableriefs? and are thefe in Iefus Chrifi? As for thofe that are hypocrites : They have al- wales fome fecret fn or other, fome back-doer or other that they may go out at : but had Iefus Christ fo ? They lie contemplating, and chewing of theDevils Cud ; and are indulgent to their bafe thoughts, their finful thoughts; but was IefusChrikfo? They favourtifts, and expreirions more then Graces : but did jefus Chrifc do fo ? They, though they feem tobe mortified, and deadunto the grof: fer part of the world, meat, drink, and clothes yet they are no way mortified, and deadunto the finer part of the world, their Names, and their Credits : Was it thus with Jefus Chrift ? Indeed an Hypocrite, through the firength of Education, living under theGofpel, may fet himfelf to imitate Chrift : but there is an Artificial imitation ; and a Natural refemblance. A father may have two fons ; The one that is unlike him, but imitates him : the other that does naturally refemble the father, and imitate him too : Such are the Saints, being made partakers of the Divine Nature ; they naturally care ior the things ofChritt : hy- pocrites do not fo. Fehold ! here's the Chara&er of a Chrifiian indeed, he bath Grace for Grace, whatever Crate there is in Chrift, he path fomewhat Anfwerable thereunto. Oh ! how few men andwomen are there in the world,th at have a laving flareand intereft in Jefus Chrifi! Secondly. If this Datrine be true : What a happy, Appli.2. and bleffed thing is it for a man to be in Chrifi !Fehold the Dignity of the Saints ! &loved! here's glory on this fide glory ; 'tis theglory, and the honor of a man to be like to God : 'tis the glory, and honor of a Difciple to be like his Mafier : 'tis theglory, and honor of a Child to be like his father : 'tis the glory, and honor ofa Chriftian to be like unto Jefus Chrift : Every Chriftian, bath the Image S of
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