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How we mull expeti the feBond coming of Chriji. fli:lions of this life as light and momentany, in re- fped of that fuperexcellent weight ofglory e And for this cauce allo we are to comfort our (elves in all diflreffes in the expe ìation of a better life. IV. We muff walk worthy of Cod who h4th called 4. we mutt us to his kingdome andglory, I. Theff.z. r z. and live of d rthy as it becometh thole that have this hope, I. John 3. 3. For every one that indeed hath this hope,.( name- ly, that he {hall be like the Sonne of God) purifieth himfél fas he is pure, that he may be in fome meafure like to him in grace in this prefent world, as he l ï ^peth to be like him in glory in the life to come. And let us remember that if we have hope for the end, we mull be careful' of the means, as being the necelFary forerunners of glorification faith, re- pentance, fanlification. And in this expeaation mull the duties of piety, juflice and fobriety be per- formed, Tit. 2.13. V. We mull fo live as if we were alwayes ready 5. we muff to meet Chrift Jefus in the clouds; and to this end fo live as fet before us continually Chrift fitting in judge- rYeledy thrift. ment, that we may alwayes labour to be fuch as then we defire to appear , that we depart not from Chrift aflaamed, t. john z. z8. And furely what can be more forcible to draw men to repentance and to flirre them up to vigilancie then the meditation of the judgement to come, a continual) expetation of Chrift coming in the clouds Recordare novifsi- ma, Remember thy end, faith he, Ecclus 7.36. and thou fhalt not finne. For where this cogitation is once fettled, that we fhall appear before the judge- ment -feat of Chrift, it will not fuffer a man to be in 299