A choice Bed of Spices. 205 and objeaions and though it cannot clear its title to ChM}, yet will flay-and hang it fel f upon Chrift for life and happi- ' nets ; that man is certainly a Believer, and will be ever- laltingl y faved. Th9ugh be Illy me, yet- I trufi in him ; if I. job i3. if. mull die, I will die at hiS feet, and in the midfl of death ex- peO a better life; that man a6ts faith to purpofe that can love a fro wning God, and hang upon an angry God, and fol-, Mat. 1% 21 to 23 low hard after a w ii,hdrawing God, yea and trail in a killing God, as here. f ob had his Feverifh fits, and his impatient PraL 63' i7t flips, and yet he kept asp h s heroical refolution to lean upon the Lord, whi It he had but one minute to live ; and this (peaks out not only the truth, but a lfo the flrength of job's faith in the midi} of his extraordinary combats; when the foul is peremptorily and habitually refolved to cleave to the perfon of Chriff, andto cleave to the merits of Chrift, and to cleave to the tranfaolions of Chrift with the Father, for Gen. S. 24. Ruth i, 14, 15', r the falvation of fihners (as the wife cleaves to her husband, 16, 17. or as the child cleaves to the father, or as Ruth cleaved to ,.4 Naomi, or as the Ivy cleaves to the,0 ak) with an if I perifb, /perifh,then'tis fafe, then 'tis happy, then 'tis out of the dan- ger of hell, then 'tis within the Suburbs of heaven. God b- never did, nor never will call fuck a man to hell, whofe foul is drawn forth to a fecret refling, flaying, leaning and rely- ing alone upon'Chrifl, for the obtaining of all that good, and all that glory that he has parchaled, and his father has pro- naifed. But, Laflly, That man that makes it his principle care, his main buEnef,, his work of works, to look to his heart, to watch his heart, and to reform his heart, that man doubtlefs has a faving work of God upon his heart. There are two things which a gracious foul moll looks at ; his God and his heart. Though a gracious man looks to the cleanfing of his hands, yet his principle care is the reformation of his heart, the cleaning of his heart, ,according to that of the Apoille Tames ; Cleanfe your hands ye 'inners, .and purifie your, hearts ye double minded. And that of the Prophet fereiniah ; Ojerssfa. 'lease, area thine heart from oickednefs), that thou mayeli be faved. ter : 414 20,
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