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1Vlinifiers

fhould

labor

to

te

full

of

Gght.

647

they

1

loud

hold forth the light

of the

Go`pel wherever they

come,

4E

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open

their

eyes

and turn

them

from

darkyefs

to

light,

and

from the

power

of Satan

unto

God,that

they may

re-

e

eive

f

orgivenefs

of

fins,

and

an

inheritance

among

them which`

are

fanhlifaed

by

,faith

that

is

in me,

,Here is

the

end of

the

Miniftry

to

open

mens

eyes

to turn

them from

darknefs

to

light

;

That

which

is

called

darknefs in

the

firft,

is

called the

power

o;

Satan in

the fecond

claufe

for

the

divel

having

and

holding

a

martin

ignorance, holds him

in his

power;

it

is

the

Gofpel

that

brings in

the

day

of

grace

and

falvation

in

the

Min:I

--try

of

it,

according

to

what degree

the

preaching of

tie

Gofpel comes

to

any

place,

fo

the

day

of

grace and

falva

lion comes

to that

place

,

and

as

God

takes that

away, fo

he

takes

away

the

days of

grace and falvation,

2

Cor.

6,

2.

He

faith,

I

have heard

thee to

a

time accepted, and

in

the

day

of

fal-

vation have

I

fuccoured thee

;

behold

now

is

the acecp.edtime,.

behold

now

is

the

day

offalvation.

The

meaning

of the

Apoftle

is

this

, that

now you

come

to

have

and

injoy

the

MiniRry

of

reconciliation,

now

is

the

accepting

time,the

day of falvation,

verf.

19. of the

former

Chapter

,

to

wit, that God

was

in

Chriít,

reconciling the world

to

hinafelf

,,

not

imputing

their

trdfpaffes

un:o

them,

and hath

committed

unto

us

the

word,

of

reconciliation.

Now

doth

the

Sun

rife, the night

is

paff,

and

the

day is

come,

when

God

fends

a

faithful

Minifter

to

any

place,there God

fends light

to that place,

then

the

light

of

the

Gofpel

breaks forth

there,now

is

the

day

of grace and fal-

vation come,as

long

asGod continues the light

of theMiniftery

of

the Gofpel,

fo

long

doth the

day

of

grace and falvation con

-

tiiaue,but when

that

is

taken`away;

then

the

Sun is

fet:You are

the light of the world,we

have this

light

inearthenpitchers,but

there

is

the

lamp

of the

light

of

the

knowledge

of God

that

hines in

them.

The

appliéation

might

be

very

tare if

I

had

to

-fpeak-to an

í.

urei.

To

Auditory of Mini(ters,

1

should

tell them

how

it

Both

con-

á5nr

et

be

cernthem

to

be

full of

light themfelves,

full of knowledge

in

fay

of cha

the Myítery of

falvation,

that

fo

when he comes

to

preach he

li

lit..

may

come with

the..lufter

of the

ofpel

,it

may

Thin:

on

them,

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