2 t 8 Cjhri/1s 1réèept andProtmfe, or, ?boúldbèjaved: áüd chafe wordsWhichbufea min tobefaved ,youhaw Will dive him freedom enough fromDeath:' Reáf. I. Thus' { have proved the point by cards' Te2dts : and thetè are two reafons ofir. The firft is delivered by the Apoftle Saint 7ahn in the thft F'pifflc,. and fecond tohu y. 24. Chapter,, where hefaith, let thatabule inyou; rvbichyouhave heard from thebegirt hing (that is the Do&rine ofthe Gofpel which Chrift taught, his fayings,) tfthat remain injots, yate alfo (hall Continue írt the Stn, ,indirn the Father. Fie that hath fellowfhipwiththe Son, and with the Father can never fee Death, ftar God issthe fountain of fife : therefore thofe that are onewith him, and continue in him, can- . hot fec Death no more than he can be overwhelmed with'datknefs, that is where theSLsn (hineth fully ; ito more than the body can be dead, as hang as it bath com- munion with the foul: fothofeinwhomthewordof Chrift remai nab' and flayed-4 they arc affured that they (¡tall remain with the Father and the Sbre:. and therefore being united to that that is life , God the Father, and the Sots , it is impof- &bte that ever they (hóftld be hurt by the fi'rft ,' or ever at all take of the lal Dëáth. Reaf t: Again, the Word ofChrift freeth him inwhorl it remaitrethfrom'the powerand hurt of fin, bringing to him remiffion of fins, and fang iffcation. And being free from lirr the catlfeot'Yeath, itiseafietoconjéffure that he (hall be freed fruinDeátli' it fell. Let a mans Debt be fatisfied, and let the favour ofthe Prince be obtaine4 and a Pardon granted, the Prifon (hall never hold him long, he ¡hall not bebrought to the place of Fxecution,bút whenhis guivesare knsckedof he is fet at Iiherty : , fo when we have obtained'power again(¡ fin b r the powerful work of the Spirit of God, whichalwayes at the fame time doth bend the heart of titan to refs onChrift for falvation,and heartilyto endeavonr'towalk before him inholinefs and righteouf- nefs: when! fay, we are thusfreed fromthe power and guilt offin,it is impo(frbld that Death (hould layhold upon 'us as'his priloner,' to carry tís to the dungeon of Hell, and tohold usunder the wrathof God, andthat fierytndignatioh ofhis that eaufeth Hell to be Hell. Therefore certainly' the wordsofChrift are an undoubted truth, and we mutt reff upon themwithout all diflruft'and wavering; that hethat' keepetbhia raying,fhallneverfee death, and that the knew ledge, and believing, and obeying, the Dollrineof the Gafft!, is the only fore way to efeape the hurtand ilt ófDeath it ¡elf. Let usmakefame ApplicationofthisDo&rine to our fouls. .. 7Jfe, y, Firft, to (firus upto a right hearty thankfulne(s unto Almighty God, that is plea- Incitation to fed to caliour times and bayes, into that age, and thofe placeswhere the Deitrtne of thankfulncfs. the GoJel, this Saying of our bfclled Saviour is fo clearly, and plainly, and evident- ly {{ laid open to you ; and frequently and earneflly prcft upon your fouls:' wherd theLord cometh to declareunto you theway to life ; where he fcoreth youóíít at path, thatwill bringyou quite out of the clutchesand danger of Death, this is the' happincfsofout prefent Age,andplace where we l'ive,and this whole kingdom too. The grace andmercy and favour of our loving Godbath fo difpofedofus, that we do not live in times of Paganifme and darknefs, where there was no news of Chrift; that we live not in places of Popifh darknefs, where the Delirino of the ¿ otfel is fomixed and darkned with tricks and devices of their own, that they cannot fee Chrift clearly. Ir itour happinefs, I fay, that we do not live in thofe (places, and times, where eitherPaganifme or Popery with their darknel covered Chriftfrom ús, and eanfedus that wecould not clearly fee or hear him, and fonot ki.eptinlaying;: But now grace isoffered,lightis tendered taus : we may be laved,' wemay efcape the danger ofdamnation, if the fault be not folelyand wholly inour carelefnefs, and wilfulnefs, and negle&, and ahufe of the means that Godbath af.. fordedus. Theheathen'nierlthat hate not heard' ofChriftcannot pofrbly attain to life, (as far as we can judge by the Scripture.) And it is very difficult for thePapas (that hear fo darkly, and are told ofthe Dollrineofthe Wet, with fo many fophifficati- ons) to come to be Laved: Burforus that have theDallrine oftheCyoipelfo plainly, and
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