Mr. Collin's Farewell Sown, ;15 higher a great deal then this ? You have the glorious comment dation of jefus Chrift upon this account, that he gave a free and full account of the Doctrineof his Father, and of his glorious pfrfon, before NittielS Pilate a bloody profecutor : It was not by frying to his Difciples, Fight, nor by laying, my Kingdome not of this world but that he gave a glorious coatfli on before the face of Pilate of the righteoufnefs ofhit truth, Doarine, Gofpel, and of his perfen, Fear to enfnare the freedom of the truth with your own lib:rty ; do not enfnare it to your own lob, nor to thewill of man ! 0 that we could study and improve there Scriptures more! it wouldmake us fear Gad more, and min lets; this is that that would makeus fay, as holy Daviddid, Pfal. I 19 e61. Princes have petfecnted me withont a caufe but my heart flandeth in awe of thy words : for he that hath themon fear on you, and upon you, you will be more afraid to fall into his hands, It is a chile dith thing for a Chi Mien, to tread down the belief of any Do. Etrine, or pra&ice any ,worfhip for fear of me, who hath no more power to hurt us, then we give him our felves by our fear ; Fear not him that can but kill the body, &c. It was the way of Gods people formerly, that they came to divide between duty commanded by G ed and commanded by man, you may read in ail thedayes of Antichrifts perfecution, from the larginnIng they came todivide innutter of obedi nce to God and his truth, and vuorfleipand ob:die:ce toman, ehrifliaes nothing but a loge- ring fpirit wig hep you to this, for there is no other way of 00 bedience in this cite to authority, but to fuffer under it meekly, patiently, as lambs : This made the three children to divide be tween the command of the King, and the command of God: What rays Nebucchadnezzar ? Every knee that bowes not, pall be call into the Furnace very well, as for that matter fay they, 0 Xing, we are not careful to anfwer thee, for we will not bow down, &c, . What, will they not Obey him ? yes they will obey him by fufs feting, as becomes Chriflians and is the example cfehrift (as if they fhould fay) truly we are terrifyed with the burning Fur. nace, but we arc terrified with hell too : We, are, terrified by the threats of the great King, and we are like-wife terrified by the threats of the great God : he is able to deliver us out ofyour tor- ments : you are not able todeliver us from his torments fo in the cafe of Daniel : Arm your felves with this refolution of fuffering and lying down patiently and meekly under thofe things that you cannot do, fo that God may be honoured by your holy refolution upon thin account; for truly you never
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