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of

the

Port,

437

ling

to have

our reafon

to be

fivallowed up

in

faith, for

here-

after-God will

by

fight make known

al

linings

to

us,

-rh

}r any

way a

rational

foul

(hall

be

c

peable.

óf,

They

fball

fee

Ço

.i

l And

this !hall be one

further

circumflance

that

will

much

fet

out

the blelfednefs

of the

fight

of

Cod,

they

Thal

then

fee

him

when

(Jodihall

be

letting

out

himCelf

fully

to

them,

and

fo

Cod

(hail

be the more

amiable and fatisfying

obfectto them;

As'thus now,

Yoirfee

a

beauty in

forne

creature,

fuppofe

a

Tulip;

but

now

if

this

Tulip

had

the fweetneile of

a

Violet,had.

as

much

fweetnef

e

as

all fweers

together

in

the world,ic would

be a

more

delightful! thing

to

behold,

fo

it

!hall be

here,

the,

Saints

lhall

fee

God,and

it

shall be

wonderful

delightro

them,.`

for

together

withal! the glorious excellency

that

theylhall tee

in

Cod, there

ilia!!

be fragrantie come from

God,

Cods

let-

ting

out himfelfe

to their

four

in

whom,

they

(hall be

Ceded

for

ever

:

Many

things

might

be

Paid

about this

argument

and

there's

as

much

written,and

curious notions about it

as

any

thing,

but I conceive that

it

will not

be

nt

or

profitable

to en-

ter:further

into

the

explication

of

this,

or

endeavour

to

-ac-

quaint you wirh luch kind

of notions

as

many

men

have

had

about

this

in

their

writings. I

(hall

only

make

Tome

Applica-

tion

of

this excellent point.

Blefjéd

are the pore

in

heart, for

they

'hall

fee God,.

Firf

+,`°

If

it

be

fuch

a

ble fednef

e

to

fee

God

,

and

this

promifed

to

the 'pure

in

heart

;

ô

do

you

confider

,

you

that live

in

undeanefiè'

and fikhineffe

,.

what you

lode

by

your

fin,

and

what

you are

like

to

loofe

:

This

is

promifed

the

pure

in'

in

heart

;

.

but-

do^

not your

consciences many

of

you

mu

-give

you , and

tell

you

that

there

is

wáful

impurity

an

your

hearts,

bafe uncleanefle,

and

fo

in

your

lives and converfationswhy

now

what

doll

thou

lode

in

this?

Thou loofe(t

this

glorious

fight

of

Gód,

thou

!iveí}

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