c r ----__-__ _.._ _ _ Ta 4n ,, +,i/®_ iti^°.-`-,-'°ro,iv is oe.(J__y / / / c,:.' . ! 1 O.s.O. A (í fi )f= fs j.g _ ,S , ì, Y qia' ' J -n,:3 %'>Qd i w ' .-_-- --_.., 3b- ,_.S'..: An Enquiry after a mans Efiate before G o D. CoLoss. 4.8. Whom I have font unto you for the fame purpofe, that he »nay know your efiate and comfort your hearts. H E eftate of a man before God is the relati- on that he ftandeth in unto God, as God is the free fountain of all fpiritual life and falva- tion, and the determiner of mens everlafting conditions either in heaven or in hell : So that when we queftion about a m.tns cítate , we queftion, Whether he be in ChrifLor not ; Whether he have true grace yea, or no; Whether he be one of Gods children or no , or whether he be yet no better then a reprobate. There be three things to be conuidered in this definition of every mans eíl ate. Firft, it is á relation unto rod; not as a man is in himfelf, it may be rich, it may be poot in the world ; but I fpeak here as he is in relation towards God , Whether he be rich towards God, yea or no. I do not fpeak as a man in re- card of others ; It may be he is a father or a tonne, a matter or a fervant a King or aSubjeft: but in relation to God ,Whether Gods fervant or no, Gods child or no. Salute e4pelles, faith B Pant; What a mans efLte be- foie God is.
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