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tain evidcnce,that
God
bath
fet
his
love
on
thee
from
all
eternity
;
it
there were
a
chain
let down
.frrom
Heaven,
and thou
couldit
take hold-
butof
one link
, it
would
certainly
bring
thee
thi-
ther,:both
ends
would
come
together.
-Korn.
8. 30.
hue's
a
chain
of
many
links let down,* and
if
thou canft catch
hold
of
the
link
of
Jollification,
thou maift
certainly
catch
hold
of
Predeftina
t.ion
for
all
hang
together
:
if
Thou
art
inflifaed,
then
know
for
certain
that
thou
art
a
preeieftinated
man
or
woman
;
whom
God
halt
fet
h
:s
heart
upon
from
all
eternity
to dò
thee
good
and
this
is á
great
happinefs
for
a
poor
creature,
while
lie
livës
in
this
wor!d,to
know that
God
hath
fet his
heart
upon
him. from
all
.eternitiy ro do
him
good
;
and
indeed, we can
never
be at
reft
until
we coin
to
th[s;
if
thy heart
be
right,
thou
canif
not
be
at
reft
in
the
enjoyment of
fuch
poor
fare
as
God
.calls
to.Repro'_,ates,
thou
muff have
other
comforts
than
any thing
the.
world
can
afròrd
if.
thy.
heart
be
right,
thou
wilt
never
reft
until
thou
came
to knowGods
.-thoughts-
in
hiss
eternal
purpofes
towards
thee
.,
it
is
no
riicetynor
vain
curiofity,
for
men
and women to
feek
to
know
what were the thoughts
of
God
toward
them
from
.
all
eternity
;
it
may
be
known, and
God hath
revealed. it
, efpecially in
the
times
of
the
Gofpel
,
God
hath
opened his bofome
to
reveal unto
-his
people.
the
thoughts
he had
of
them
from all
eternity
;
and
this
makes
a
Par-
doned firmer
to
be
foblef
'ed
and.
this
is
more than
any
Málefa-
âor
can
have
from
a
Prince,
'he may
be
perfwaded
.to
pardon
him
;
and
yet
even
prefently
his
heart
may
be
as mthch
fet
againft
him
as againfl:
any man
:
yet
now having
got
his
Pardon;
he
thinks
himfelf
bleffed,
and
goes his
way
:
But
now, when
God
pardons,
.
it
is
not
an
aft of
a
day,
but
fuch
an
ac`}
as
God
bath
fet his
heart
upon
from
all
eternity
to do it
it
is fuck an
aft
as
the infinite
wifdom
of God
hash
been
fet on
work' from
all
eternity
to
effect
it
:
if
a
Malef
déor
come to
a
Prince for
pardon,
and
the
Prince fay,
I
have been
Petting
my
thoughts
a
work
to pardon
you,
ever.nce
I
heard
of
your crime,t!tis
will
bring
force
comfort
:
But what
is
this
to the comfort
God
bxings
to
the
foul
that
he pardons
?
When
God
comes-to
a
foul;
he
does
not only pardon, he
fayes
not,
foul I
pardon. thee
:
but
know
oh
foul
for
thy
comfort,
that
this
is
a
work
that
my
H
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