Burroughs - Houston-Packer Collection BX7233.B87 G67 1660

E ndr that God bath in fs ffering hip Saints to be perfecutcd, 529 now the florme will difeover what leaves are withered, and what leaves have fapp and wife from the root of the tree : hang heavy things upon a rdtten bough, and it will b ,w and breake, but it will be discovered whether the bough be found or no if it will bear a great weight when its hung upon. So when per- fecution comes, there is a difcovery, of who are found, and who are not : When godlinefle and mens own ends do part one from another, then you may discover what men did aime at in godlinefle ; As thus, when a ferving man follows two gentle- men in the flreet, you cannot tell which mans fervanc this is, but now, do but flay till thefe come at a parting way, and theta you fha11 find that the ferving man leaves one and follows the other that is his Mailer; So there are fame that feem to follow Chrifl, but they follow their own ends to ; now fo long as Chrifl and their own ends go together, fo long, nobody can tell whether it be Chrifl they follow, or their own ends, but when Chrifl and their own ends part one from another, then you will know whole fervant this is, then you will know what the aifeaions of their hearts are, now the Lord doch take a great deale of delight in difcovering the hearts of men here in this wo :ld. Fourthly, That the Lord aimes at is to make the Saints con. formable to his Son, to Jefus Chrifl. The Apcllle Paul jai the; 3 of the Philippians profeffeth, that he accounted all things as clang and droffe, not only for the excellency of the knowledge of Chrifl, that he might be found in himhaving on his righteouf- neffe, but that he m.ght be made conformable to his Death : who would not be conformable to the glory of Chrifl in Heaven ? but to be conformable to his death ; It's Paid of Chrifl, Ought he not to finer thefe thugs, and fo to enter into his glory ; Now the Lord Avould have all his people conformable to his Son, as my Brethren God hash chafen us before the foundation o f the world to 6a conformable to the Image ofhis Son, that is, to be holy, as his San is holy ;; It is that that God aim'd at in the e- ternall ele6tion of men, I'le have fuch and fuch men from the commonlump of the world, and I will have them to be confor- mable to my Son; And he rvo'id have all the members of his ryy on i

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