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O f t be ioyei of beacon. 929 be replenifhed with the gifts and graces of his holy fpirit:1Rom.t4.I for as the Apoftle teacheth vs, the t ingdome of God ù righ- teoufnefe,andpeace ,and by ire the holyghofl. If wee meane to haue Chrifl Iefusliuing in vs vnro glory, wemull hue in him unto grace and holineffe; fo as wemay fay with the Apollle, that b line no more ntn,bur Chriji 'Meth invs,andin that we: bGal.a.ao. nan' ¡joie in the ßejh,we ¡tue by the faith in the Tonne of God ;for there is none fhall eternally liue in heauen, in whom life e- ternall is not begun on earth, .becaufe none (hall bee faued but they who haue faith ; and he Marc beleeueth path euerla- `Ioh.1.14. fling bfe ,and bathpared from death to life, already , as our Sa- uiour fpeaketh. Finally, ifwe would haue any hope to line that life of glory and.happines, we mull firfl liue the life of grace and holines.Ifwe would be d fatistied irìth Gods image, a Pfal.t7.tç, we mull be hold his face in rigbteoufnes; if we would be e par- a Plal.3t.t9. takers of Gods goodnefe in theworld to come, wee mull in thislife be indued with his fearer ifwee would haue the f ni- tion of God f al- fuffcient, wee mull wake before him and tGen.t7.1. bevprtght. If wee would afcend into thes mountaine of the gPfal.tt.r.1.;. Lord,andfland to the place ofhù holineffe,we mull haue inno- &14.3,6 cent hands,anáa pure heart; and find in our feu es conformi- tie with that excellent defcription, which the Lord him- felfemakethvntothtiPfalmifl, of an heauenly inhabitant; if wee would: not let the h fecond death take hold ofvs, but hApoc. »t5; contrariwife attaine vnro heauenly blefodnefe,we mull haue our part in the firg refurreftion; and to conclude this point, if we would be IkeourSauiour Chrill when he appeareth, and would ¡fie Gam he is, whore vifon, as I haue 'íhewed, is 11.1011.34. ourchiefe felici tie, we muli, as the Apoftle telleth vs,pxrge oxr !elms ,euen as he ispure;forwithout Isolinef ewee (hall xener fee god: and ifweremaine in our vncleanneffe,andpolluti- -on of finne, we (hall nester find entrance into the k city of k Apoc. st.2 /. God, nor bee admitted as inhabitants of the kingdome of heauen,which as much excellcth in puritic andperfeíttiotì, as in glory, happineffe,and vnfpcakeable ioyes. And thushaue I,through the gracious affìftance of Gods 4.Sea.4. holy fpirit,finifhed this part alfo of the Chriftian Warfare, 7betantluftott wherein I haue indeauourcd to armeeueryman againft the ofthebooke.en. O o o tentations