Mr. Brooks's Fauwei Sermon. ; place of Dragons andcovered ea with the fbad6w of ()teeth ; yet have we not dealt falfly in thy Covenant ; oar heart U not turned back, neither have we declined from thy wales ; 'tis perfeverance that Crowns all. Be thaw faithful to thedeath, and Millgive thee aCrown of life Rev. 2. I O. Andhe that endureth to the end /hall he laved ,Matibew z/. Its perfeverance in well-doing that crowns all our actions. if you have begun in the Spirit, doth end in the flefb : do not go away from the Captain of your falvation : follow the Lamb, though others fol- low thebeaft and the falfe Prophets. Leg. 21. In all your natural, civil, and religious atlions , let di- vine glory frill refs in your fouls, Romans 7.8. i Cor. io. 3'. In all your hearings, in all your prayings, let the glory of Chrift carry it : in all your Clofet-duties , let the glory of Chrift lie neareft your hearts. Leg. 22. Record all Spiritual favours, mercies, providence: , and ' experiences. Tis true, a man fhould do nothing elle fhould he record all the favours and experiences of God towards him; and therefore my Legacie is, Record all Speciall favours, peculiar ex- periences. Little do you know the advantage, that will redound to your fouls upon this accounr,by recording all the experiences of the fhinings of his face, of the leadings of his Spirit; many a Chriftian Ioofeth much by negle&ing this dude. Leg. 23. Never enter upon the trial of your eflate , but when your hearts are at the bell; and in the fittefi temper. Tis a great &fire of Sathan , when the foul is deferted and firangely afflifted , to put the foul on trying worke : Come fee what thou art worth for another world, what thou haft to fhow for a better fate, for an intereft in Chrift a title for heaven : this is not a time to be about this work : thy work is now to get off from this temptation and ther(fore to pray and beleive, and wait upon God, and be f ,und in all thole wales whereby you may get off the temptation. Leg. 2.1.. Alwayes make the Scripture, and not your felves, nor your carnal reafon, nor your bare opinion, the Judges of your fpi- ritual Hate & condition. I cannot fee m7 condition to be good. I cannot p.rceive it. What tunayour fenfe, & your carnal reafon be the jtigeofyour fpiiitual Rate ?Ira8. 20. To the Law and to the mony; if they,ipeatnot according to this rule, it is becaufe there is no light, nomourning in them. John 21.48. The word that I have fpoken, the fame 'hall I int? you in the laff.day : The Scripture is that whichmutt de- termine tree CAfe in the great day : whether you have grace or no, or whether it be true or no. 11 r Leg.
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