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blefedneffe

theme

is in faffering

for

righreoufnelfe.

S

67

But

you

will

fay,

Is

not this

a

Legal! way

to be

Incouraged

eyther in

Duty,

or fuffering

in

hope of heaven.

--

Truly thofe

men that

will think they have riffen

to

fuch

a

height

of

grace,

as

they

can

do

all

out

Of

meere love to

God,

fo

as

not

to

have

any

refpe&

to their

own

good in

heaven,they

have

attain'd

to

that Grace, that

for my

part

I

do not

know

.

the

Scripture holds forth unto them

:

But

the

Scripture would

have fuch

as

are

the

mo`t

eminent in

Grace, yet to

Incourage

themfelves in hope

of

heaven,

in what

they

doe,

or

fuffec

for

Jefus-

Chrift.

-^

You

will

fay,

it's true,

we

may lawfully

doe

it

, but were

it

not

better

that

we

might doe

it

without

fuch

an Incoura'ge-

meat.

Truly

no

For

I

find.

Chrift himfelfe

was

Incouraged in

this

,

and

there

was no

Grace

better

then Chrifls.

3.

fee

what's

faid

concerning Chrift himfelfe

;

he

is

fet

before

you

as

a

pattern

that

you

íhould

make ufe

of

;

For

Confider

h;m

that

endured

fuch

ContraditEions

of

fanners

againff himfelfe,

leaf!"

ye

be

wearied

and

faint

in your

nnnds.

But

now in

the

verfe

before,

faith

he,

Loo

nt

king

two

feftis,

the

Author

and

finis

fher

of

our

Faith,

who

for

the

joy

that

was

fet

before

him

;

mark

it,

endured

the Crop-,

denin

the fhame,

and

is

fee

donne

at

the

right

band

of

the 7

prone

of

God.

"

Chrift

indu

red

the

croife,

and

defpi[ed

the

fhame what

did

helpe

Chi ift

to

doe

this,

and

Incourage him

;

why

the

yay

that

was

fet before him

Chri(t 6e had

the

Joy of fitting

at the right

hand of

the Father

iet.befarelain

.;

And 'tis

node

one

fruit of the

fufferings

.

Chrift, that

he

is

fet

at

the

right

hand

of the Throne of

God

:

And

Chrift in

the

raiíd'fl

of

his fufferings

fan

this

;

I

íh411

af-

ter

my

Induring

Tome

fufferings

here, within awhile

fit at

the

right hand

of the Throne

of

my

Father;

and

it's

this

that

helpes

me

to

carry me through

my

fufferings

:

And now

if

Chrift will make ufe of

this,

furely

it's

a

vanity,

O

pride

of

pens

fpirits,

to

think

that they have

naneed

of

it.

But

now having

opened thefe things,

I

had thought

to

have

fpoken

but

very

little

in

way

of

application

to

you

iI

71,

':