176 gofpel Pon, of God, but the lofs of that Image of God that man was made in : but when a man is juflified, that glory ofGod is put upon him a fre(h, upon his heart, his undcrf}anding, his will and affeéìions, and that make the Lord todelight to dwell with thee , converfe and have Coinmuní on with thee, becaufe ofthat glory that he bath put upon thee ; fo there is a glory alto in the life and converfarion ; for on every foul that God juf}ifies, there,cornes prefently a new lufire up- on their life and converfarion : All thofe that have lived in horrible wickednefs and bale courfes ; now when they are changed, and they rnanifc -f} the graces of the Spirit of God fhining in their converfarion through the whole courfe of their lives, in meeknefs, patience, humility, heavenly-mind- ednefs, and the like ; there is a Nate on their converfations,, to thofe chat are able to judge of it they fee it ; and the world many times isdazled with it, they fee a glory on them, and are convinc'r, that certainly there is a Ivork of God upon thefe men ; and in their good moods they are wi(hing to die their deaths, and that their ends might be like theirs : thepooref} fervant, or child in a fatnily,that was vile before, yet being juflified, there is a luf}re in their converfations that convinces Parents and Governours, andmakes them fee anapparent difference between what they are now, and what they were before.; though they contemn it, yet they know that God will own that difference that he has made to be his ownglory, and will declare is one day that this was the thing that was glorious in his eyes : And therefore now wouldyou know whether you are juf}ified; Are you glori- fied ? What glory of God is come into your hearts, and ap- pears in your lives and .converfations ? Can you fay, my life is fo, though I have many weaknefles, yet I hope fomething of the glory ofGod appears in .me ? for fo it muf} be ; there is no foul God ¡unifies, btu God inables him to live fo, as the glory ofGod chines in the converfaeion offuch a one : Now if thefe things be fo, what caute have you to fear, you are not a juflified perfon ? but fortheprefent, many times irdoth -nor appears for roof}of you darken the glory ofGod in your lives : you that arc ¡unified locauld (hew it forth more in your
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