S d T. VII. OfAP fltlits EffdbiilkOPiifi by Grace. i33 are thine , whether life, or death, things prefent, or things to come. Thirdly,Gratertiflinableaman td a!!coaditiontgtoggoe through v rietyare chan- ge5of all tetrip:ations; for they beldg gold call indues the fire; wheQ4k rtOlîe >iielteth, they being corn bear the WitihoWiiig;When the ëlìëff[FIö,W8lll carat, kftus ?MelknoWeth hoWtoabound ;andhtitO16Wash,PBít.¡bit. VlatpMOM then of that thong confutation, that hecan endure extream çolds, and extream heats, as you fee in 'Davidandothers. Laftly, grace is thegroaP cemfàrt to a man io timeof diffreffe, danLert, andfearo ofdeath. Notthat a mah may put craft in it, Mlle isCO wealthy God onely, but as a teltimonyof his intereft in Gods grace and favour : Thus Paul at his death is comforted from his grace, That he had fought a good fight t So Hezekiah when in thole publick francs, and private feutehce of death upgn, him ; what bet- reth him up bus that hehad lived a gracious life ? andthus did Nehemiah allo. Oh beloved, thihk hot tob8 dIWAys Métry,jochöd; know, one tirhe,Of Other adin Iles will feize you, howfoever youcannot escape the pangs of death: what then will, wealth, friends, carnal!pomp andgttatneffe avail thee? Oh the iëflihinny of thy heart upon good ground, that thou haft lived gracioufly, been afraidof Gone, walked according to the Rule, will bemore joy to thee then all the world; where- as on theother fide, at the time of death, tohave thy heart tell thee , Thou halt lived a Swearer, Drunkard, prophet); Perlon, negligent of all good things, and now =falling into hell, and the hands of the Devill whom thouhaft ferved, and whofè Work thou haftdone all thy life tithe : What hOrror drat maimmttit thisfill thee with ? . Vfe. Is grace thus excellent ? Then oh, that you Might be fransfornied into thelikeneffe of it I What will otherthings avaiie thee without this, if God bath given thee health, but no grace, riches, but no grace ? ]3e no longer like Swine, to refufe the Pearl for mire and filth : Have filch thoughts and etteëfh of Grace, as if thou wett a dying, andprefently togive up theghoft. If it be worth the havingthen, its worth theenjoying now. And woe, again woeto thee, who haft mocked at grace as thegréateft folly , and counted the gracious mart a mad mail,béeaufehe would not run into thelikeexceffe as thou dolt : Thouwilt at lait fen him thehappyman. Thefe things in generali you will acknowledge; but why doye not apply them inparticular ? 3. t.S4otStt4dAtlot*MtttbtttteagAttt4At4W3 Vu 3 Ss a
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