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for the f cond coming o f Ghrifie And we muff expea it with faith,fervency,patience, and vieilancie. With faith, that is, with perfwafion aifurance that Chrifiwill come to our full redem- ption.For wh a man can truly fay by faith,that our 7roxivu, e, converrtion, is in heaven, he will alfo adde with the Apoíile, from whence we look for a Savi- our, Phil. 3. 20. and confequently expeá it with chearfulneffe, and not with unhappy Felix tremble at the mention of judgement. For howfoever it !hall be a day of unfpeakable terrour to the wicked, yet to the godly it fball be a day of fingular com- fort : For then the Lord ¡hall wipe away all tears from their eyes, Revel.7. 17. For which caufe it is called the time of refref ping, A &s 3.19. And therefore our Saviour Chrifi, Luke 21.28. biddeth the faithfull to lift up their heads ,&c.becaufe the day of their full redem- ption both body and foul draweth near. v,ch Secondly, we muff exped with earnefi defire, eatneíaefire a. eternall life, z. the coming of Chrift, Tir.2.13. is of eter For how can a man faithfully expert and certainly pall life; look for happineffe who doth not alto earnefily de- fire it' therefore the Apoftle faith, that we who have the firfl fruits of the Spirit, do fagh within our fives, ex peUing the adoption (that is, the heavenly inheri- tance whereunto we are adopted ) and the redemption of our body at the fecond coming of Chrift, Rom. 8.2 3. Secondly,we are with defire to expel the fecond z.of Chrifis coming of Chrift, looking for and battening unto the coming. coming of the day of God, 2 .Pet. 3.12. But there are many who with Balaarn defire falvation, but how few that defire the fecond coming of Chrift Yet V 4 this 295