489 'Job& dx Atsc.$131c liltPiEdEn!olottlhAndtu Acts 61 ñ( )4 ac 04, C£ IF 4' itrVitt 11'1'rf . & SERMON XXXI. ®R What the Myflery of Godlinefs is in Adoption. M A T H. 5. IO. Ble fled are the peace- makers, for they fall be called the children of God. Ea they are Heirs of all, of all the inheritance; the whole inheritance is every ones. Among men the more one hath, the lets the other bath ; a Father ( though he be rich) If he gives one child a great portion, if the elder doth inherit,the younger path the lefs , or if he would divide his inheritance ; if one hath a great deal, the other hath but little ; but its not foin the children of Gods inheritance , there's no one child of God hath lets becaufe the other hath more , but every one inherits all there is in God, alt there is in Chrift, all there is in heaven : It is the in- heritance of every child of God one way or other , for the good of every one. Sixthly, Another particular is this, that now in Chrifc there's a great deal more prtviledge then there was in former times to the child of God ; That's one of the myfteries of the Gol fpel , O it's true, Is not Ephraim my dear Son ? The Saints in former times were Gods children , but in the times of the Gofpel, they have far higher privilege and prerogative then
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