,,3g4 Char. ,ExpefitEOn tipos; the &0ok.of j O B. Vetf: sg,; `Doubts of lofing a mercy, eat out the heart ofa mercy,and a man in that cafe is as much troubled with the feat of wanting as he can becomforted with the tenfeof enjoying. There are three fieps.ofblefiednefs. To be delivered from evil is but apart of bleffednefs, negative bleffednefs: To receive good is the better part of bleffednefs, puficive bleffednefs. But tobe af- lured that we (hall hold and retain all this, is the perfc lion of bleflednefs. The fitti part of that great biding we receive Or Èhrifi,confifis in our deliverance from evil,or in a freedom from petithing. The fccoiìd con flits in the conveyance of good to us, as pardon of fin, grace and glory. But the third (which is the height ofall)confifts ingour everlafiing affurance to enjoy all this. Adam had a,good efface, but he was not affuredof it a the bleffings ve have,by Chrifl, are built upon a foundation, which can ne- ver be fhaken. In this method temporal mercies are promifed in this Scripture : Ertl, deliverance from (word arc! famine. Se- condly, peace with the creatures. Thirdly, an affurance that this peace tha:1 becontinued..Laflly obferve, All outward bleffings are in themfcivet fading and perithing; Though a man be affured that he (hall enjoy outward bief- frogs, yet he can enjoy them but in the nature and condition of outward bleffi.?g :Though he be fure to ufe and enjoy them, yet he looks upon them as pertthtng in the ufìng.All outward things are here (as frequently in otherScriptures)implied under theno- tion of a Tabernacle ;a Tabernacle is a moveablehabitation-It is a piece of a miracle if aTabernacle fì;andlong;that promifeClf.3 ;. 20) imports fomewhat extraordinary: A Tabernacle that fhould not be takendown,not one of the flakes thereof remov'd,nor any of the cords thereof be broken ; it. is as if theholy Ghoti ih =uld fay; Thou fl altbe a Tabernacle priviledg'd above all Taberna- cles :They are moveable, unfixed, eafie to be taken downbut it thall not be fo with thee.TheApoflles conclufiontakesinall crea- ture comforts,Thefafhion of this world palletb away, t Cor.7. 31. The fcheme the beauty of the belt earthly things pafs,while we enjoy them,and moulder away between our hands while we are ufing them. And thou fhaft vifit thy habitation, and !halt not fin. This claufe of the ver<le compleatsmercyyet higheryit isbetter not to fin inour habitation, than to be affued ofa habitation.T.
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