74° ea. $o, To; Job A Box of preczous Ointment : Or, miles, and on his free rich fovereign and gloriois Grace, chat is difplayed and offered in the Gofpel, and in a patient waiting upon the Lord in the ufe of 1 holy and heavenly helps for deliverance out of his prefent (traits, tryals and exercifes) then in falling upon that great work of calling up his fpiritual accounts, and of fearching into the Records of glory, to fee whether his name be Regiared in the Book of Life or no. 0 Sirs, when poor Chriflians are bewildered, their proper work is to caa themfelves. upon the Promifes, to trufl in the name of the Lord, and to flay themfelves up- on their God. Yob in a cloudy flormy day,, refolves to trufl in the Lord, though he fhould flay him,; and fo muff you And 0 that this rule were more ferioufly minded, and effe- .6thally obferved by all doubting, tremh ling, and flaggering Chriflians. But, ti 13. The grand Rule by which we mutt try and Judg of our fpiritual and eternal eflates, is the word of God,. ha. 3.4a. in thi$ Scripture the Prophet plainly thews whither we muff go with our doubt5,fearficru pies, quertions, and with whom we mutt confult, and of whom we inuft take advice, and that is the Law and the tcm. The Thirteenth Maxim or Confideration. THirteenthly, Confider you mull never judg your felves unfound, or Hypocrites, by thofe things which the Scripture never makes a Charafter of an unfound Chriflian, or of an Hypocrite, or of Hypocrify. Mark, as you are to receive no comfort, but What is backt with clear Scripture, nor no evidences for the goodnefs and happinefs of your fpiritual eflate and condition, but fuch as are backt with clear Scriptures ; fo' you are to receive, you are to admit of no Arguments, nor pleas, nor reafonings, to prove your felf an Hypocrite, or unfound, or that you have no Grace, or that your fpiritual eflate and condition is not good, but: ,fuch Arguments pleas, and reafonings as are backt with. clear Scriptures, Now tell me 0 thou weak doubting flag - gering trembling Chriftian if thou cana, where are thole clear Scriptures that proves wandring thoughts in Duty, or that proves narrownefs or llraitnefs of Spirit in a duty, to be charmers of artklypocrite, or of hypocrify, or of one , that
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