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488

What the

Alyflery of

Godlinefs is

in Adoption.

to

have

the

fame love from

God

the Father , that Jefus Chritl

hath

from

mod the

Father,

why

fo

it

is, Thou

art

a

Co

-heir

with

C.h

ill

:

That's

the

#ìrí1

tl

rrtg.

But then

fecon

dly, Thou

'art as

certain of

thy falvation and

Glory,

as

it

is

certain that Jefus Chritl

¡hall be

happy

for

P-

ver,

becaufe thou

art

a

Co

-heir with Jefus

Chriil

, you know

when men are

Co-

heirs, the

title

of one

is

as

Certain

as

the

others

:

If

you be

but

a

Co-

purchafer with another, then

you

have

as

true

a

right

in

fuch

a

Land or Houle

as

they have. Now

Jefus

Chrif

},

though he be our

Elder

Brother, yet

he is

called

an

everlafling Father,now

we

are joynt

Co-

purchafers,I bt;i

its

more to

be

a

Co-heir then

a

Co-

purchaer

The-

right

of

in-

heritance

is

better

and

a

more noble right

,

then the

right of

Pu.

chafe

;

and

in foray cafe

it

may

be more

certain. Now

this

is

the

right of the

Saints

to

all

the good

that

J.

tus

Çhçiíi

hath,the)

may

be

as

certain of

it

as

Chilli

himfeif

:

Carib

hiiñ

fell iball

be

difnherited

as

loon

as a

Believer,

became

a

Be-

liever

is

a

Co-heir

with

Jefus Chritl.

O blefied then

are

the

peace-

makers

,

for they are

the children of God

, anu

the.

children of God

in

a

Glorious

myflical

way fuch chit

.i::en

,

as

they are

Co-heirs

with

Jefus Chrit

+,have

inuereit

in his

ry

,

and can be no

more difiuherited then Jeìus Chritt :imfelf

can.

--And

lle

give

you

one Scripture

as

a

molt excellent com-

fort to

the

Saints,

that

Unit}

here

doth

joyn

hirn'elf

and rhetn

together

in

the

relation,

that himand they have

ro his

Fa-

ther

:

Iu

the

io

Jo!)

the latter end

of the

i

7. verf.

I

4-end

tento

my

Father., and

your

Father,

and

to

my

God,and your

God,

faith

Chritl,

It's

as

comfortable

a

Scripture

altnofl

as

I

know

any

in

the

Book

of God. I

afcend

to

my

Father;

I

and your

Fa her to

;

he

that

is

my

Father

is

your

Father,

you have

in

-,

tereff

in my

Father

as

well

as

I,

I

afcend ro my

Fath

r,and`

your

Father, to

my

God,and

your

God.

Oh

who can

utter

the

toul-fart

lying,,

foul-

ravilang

c,nïolation there

is

in

this

,

that

the

lame

God

'that is

the God

of Jefus

Chritl

is

my

God;

and

the

lame

Father

that

is

the Father of

Jefus Christ

is my

Father:

O

bleffed are

the

peace makers r they

!hall

be

called the

chi!

dren

o'f'

God,

SERMON'