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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

of

God

is

put

upon him

a

fre(h,

upon his heart,

his

undcrf}anding,

his

will and

affeéìions,

and

that

make

the

Lord

to

delight

to

dwell with

thee

,

converfe

and

have

Coinmuní

on

with

thee,

becaufe

of

that

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

is

dazled

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

:

the

pooref}

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, and

makes

them

fee

an

apparent

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 own

glory, and will

declare

is

one

day

that

this was the

thing that

was

glorious in

his

eyes

:

And

therefore

now

would

you 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

of

God

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

of

fuch

a

one

:

Now

if

thefe

things

be

fo,

what

caute have

you

to fear,

you

are

not

a

juflified

perfon

?

but

for

the

prefent,

many

times

irdoth

-nor

appears

for

roof}

of

you darken

the

glory

of

God

in

your

lives

:

you

that

arc

¡unified

l

ocauld

(hew

it

forth

more

in

your