:a96 Of Eleelion. ~ prevent it: For thou art·-.-s-c-al-le-d-',- an_d_e_fi_a_t_ed_n_o_w_,-in_t_o-th- e- fu-ll- ri_g_h_t -o-fit, BooK IV. as then any one lhall be into the full pofieffiop of it. ~ 2. 'Tis true, a Judgment mufi pafs, and come upon thee; yea, and a Judg– ment of all, and every work, good, or evil; as Solomon, Ecclfjiaf/ts 12 • '4· affures us : Yet that God of all_grace, . that called thee into this ultimate, and after· Judgment glory , (for ull then lt doth not take place , ) he will or. der thy fieps fo, as polfeffion 1t felf lhall not be frufirated: Ftar not Jittlt F/bcl<, faith Chrifi to them, while they were in this Life; for tu y o11r Fathers good plea[llrt toj,iVt ~011 tht Kingdom . Luke • 2. ~2. Tht Kingdom, by way of E– minency: That which is properly_the Fathers !o give_, his glory, (as we have opened,) when he lhall b~ all m all: And 1t 1s not Ius pleafure only; but hugood plta{ure; wh1ch nothmg lhall be able to refifi: And he gives you it now, and efiates you into i_t, as if you had it : And th_erefor.e fear not that you fuall be ever d1fpoffefied of lt: That God that keeps tt, wdl keep you for it · as rhe Apofile Ptttr faith : And as for the interim time between now,and tha; Day, we may exped that Jefus Chrifi, during his raign, and whilfi his King– dom is in force . as till then it is, hee'l fee to it, to keep thee, and raife thee up at the Latter Day : So as that atthe Judgment ended, thou maifi affuredly • exped that bleffed voice, and invitation from him, amongfi the refi ofSaints; Math. 2). 34· Comt )t/Jit§td of my Fathtr, inherit tht kingdom prtparttl for ) 'Oil from tht fotmdation of tht World. CHAP.
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