Mofes his Selfe denïall.' AM that Heathen F,paminondrs being dangeroufle wour ded with a Spare, fo that he funke downe as one dead R but-after commin to hitntel `e, heask- ed if his Target were fafe, his ch'efe care wasabout that : fo fhould ours be about theSheddof our Faith. TheDe- vill labours above all things againtt us in this; beechesnot wha, men doe, fo be i. their Edith be negleeted, Efpeii- ally therefore labour to flrengthen your Faith in theie three things. T}}t firft,is the princip. ll and ground ofalH,namely, The affurance ofyour in- tereft in the Covenant ofGrace, that you are received by God into that free , rich , glorious Covenant of life in Clarift ; Thar now you are not to ftand or fal, by what is in your felves, or what comes from you, but`by the per- k& ri:;hteoufnefle of that bleffed Me. diator , who bath undertaken 1 our Caute with God : doubtsaod feares,a- bout this, domuch weaken the fpïrits of men, when troublescore upon;hem. Secondly, in the afNrance ofGods fa therly leve unto, and ¡ayeoveryak, in the fore ftandhardeftafili,`tions thatcanbe- fall 343
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