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The

3zece

sty

of the

Cofre_r.

light

and our

eyes,

let

us

never be farisfied till

we

come

to

have

the glorious light

of

the

Gofpel lhining

on our

hearts

;

Lord thou hall

faid

that thy Gofpel

is

light

,

when

íhali

that

light thine into

my

heart

?

And

further,

walk in

the light

when

you

have

it.

'John

Chap.

3

3

verfe.

T hey

anfwered hi»o,'

Wee

be

Abrahams

feed,

and

were

never

in

bondage

to

any

man

how

fayeft

thou,

ye

full

be

made

:?

Let

us

all encourage one

another

to

goe

to

the houle

of

the

Lord,

and refolve

to

walke

in

the

light of the

Lord. Ifaiah,

z

Chap.

5

verfe.

O

hoafe

of Jacob,

come

ye, and let

us walke

in

the

light

of

the

Lord.

When

ever

you

come

to heare

the

Miniftery

of

the

Gofpel preached,

re-

folve thus

with

thy

felfe, Lord I

come

to receive

light into

my

foule,

and

I

am

refolved to

walke in

that light that thou

shalt

let

forth

to

my

foule,

it

is time

to

arife

while

the lighr

of

the Gofpel

chines on us.

Ifaiah

6o

Chap. beginning,Arife,

fhine,

for

the light

ic

come,

and the

glory

of

the

Lord

is

rifen

up-

en

thee.

For

behold

the

darko.efs

(hall cover the

Earth,andgrojfe

dark!refs

the

people,

but the Lord

fhal3

arife

upon

thee,

and

hit

glory fhall

befeene

upon

thee.

And

the

Gentiles

fhall

come

to

thy

light, and

K

ings

to

the brightnefs

of

thy riling.

Now

thou

haft

not

this

light

allotted thee

that thou mayelt

play

by,

but

meerely to

work by, and

to

work for thy ioule

too,

and

know,

that

the

tvorke we have

all

here

to

doe

in

this

world, it

is

of

infinite confequence and

infinite

concernment

and

value,

therefore

we had

need

make

ufe

of

the light while

we

have

it, it

were

better

ten

thoufand

times that

thou

never

hadra

been

born, then that

the

light

fmould

be gone,

and

thy worke

not

done. Let

us

prize

our

light,

and

walk.

in

i:,

and know,

that the worke

that God fetteth

us

about

here

in

the world,

it

is an

exa&

work,

a

work

that

muff

be

exaelly

done, of that

great

work

of

making our

peace with

God

for

eternitie.

A

man by

twilight

may

be

able

to

doe force muzling work

that

he

need not be

exaa

in, but

if

it

be

a

worke

that

we muff

be

exaa

in,

then

we

need great light to

doe

it

in.

Now

the

work

that

we have

to doe

in

reference to God

concerning

our

eter-

nall

e(lares,

it

is an

exacdd

work,

therefo

e we have

need

of

greatlight,

therefore

walke in

the light.

And

there

be

many

dan-

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