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What

the

lpgyffery

of

Godlinefs is

in Adoption.

07

fo, and

the

Angels

, bur

this

is

higher

,

by

Faith

we are made

the

Sons

of

God.

Fourthly,

There

is

this myftery in

ir, That

all

the

children

of

God are Heirs

,

every

one of

them ,

it's

nor

fo

with

men', men

that

have many

children, yet

but

one

is

an

Heir

but all

the

children of

God

are Heirs

,

every one,

Sons

and

Daughters

too, they

are

all

heirs;

this

is

the Glory of the

some

thingad':

Saints, for to

the Scripture faith,

If

Pus

then

Heirs

,

he

Both

de,t

to

this

par

-

not

fay

if

we

be eldeft

Sons

, but

if

we

are.

Sons,

we are heirs,

ti

Oar

in

the

So

in

the

8.

Roth.

r7.

beginningf

the

Fifthly,.

But

then there's

a

fifth myflery

thats higher then

text

Sermon.

this, not onely

every

one

of

them

Heirs, but they are joyned

Co

-hers

with

3 efus,

C./wilt

tobe

Co

-hei

-s

one with another

is a

great bleflednefs , but

for every one of

them to

be

Co-

heirs with

Jefus

Chrift

,

that's

a

high bleffednefs

indeed,

as

thus, look what inheritance

Jefus Chrift the Eternal

Son.

of

God hath, that inheritance

fo

far

as any

believer

is

capeable

of the

insoyment

of the

good

of it

he

hath, and (hall have

toge-

ther

with Jefus Chrift.

It's

in

the

fame

place,

Rom.

8..À'nd

if

children, then heirs, heirs

of

God,

and joynt

Heirs

with

Çkrifi";

perhaps

before they come to inherit

,

here

among men

they

have

not

a

foot

of

Land

,

but they

are

the

Heirs

of

Gad ,

though

notHeirs

of

a

Nobleman,,

tar

Prince,

or

have

not

(

I

fay)

a

foot of' Land

in

the

world

, yet they

are

the heirs

of

God',

yea and

they are joynt Heirs

with Chrift.

..-There

are

there two things in

char.

Firft, They

have an

interefl

in

all

Chrifts

Inheritance, Sure-

ly

thou

art rich

and

i

.,lorious

however thou

art

in

theworld

;

The pooreft youth

,

o- man

,

or woman

,

or

maid

that

God

brings

to

himfeif

to be

reconciled

I

fay,

whatfoever

thou

art

in

the

world,

Jefus

Chrift

is

not

an

Heir to

more

then thou

haft an

Interefl"in

:

Thou

haft an

intereft

in all

that

Glory

and

bleffednefs, and

excellency

there

is

in

J.efiis

Chrift,

in all

that

ever

Cod

the Father

will do for Jefus

Chrift. And

there-

fore

in the

i

i.7oh.

tatter end,

faith

Chrift

there

fpeaking.to

his

Father,

verf.

z

3.

And

haft

loved

them,

as thou

hall

loved

me :

Surely

there's

bleffednefs enough

then,if thou

íhalrt

come

to