I 6o 1 Saint Pauls Legacy. The more you abound in grace under ,the, Gofpel, the longer the Gofpel fhall be continued, the more fweetnefhe (hall your foules tafle in it, the neerer (hall you draw to God by it, the more effe&ually fhall the pardon of your fin be fealed up through; it, and the more comfortable account fhall you render to God at 14, for all the labours of his Minifters, whereof. God hath made you partakers ; the more comfortably fhall I againe behold your faces.at our laft generali appearance ; the more bleffed account (hall I make, to Chrift my great Lord and Matter, of this my minifte- riall fervice, and fhall the more joyfully for the prefent, in the words of the Apoftle here, this day take my laft leave of you,and fay, Finall,brethren, farewell: Be perfect, be of good com- fort, be ofone,mind, live in peace ; and the:God of love and peace be with you. Finally, brethren. Brethren is a titie of compellation, the fecondbranch of this tree : There are brethren by nature, brethren by condition, and brethren by profef ion and par- _ ticipation of one Chrifi; the IA of there are the brethren here mentioned;; whom the Apofile here filled! Brethren, in refpe& of Original], having_one God for their Father with him ; in refpe& of Relation, being knit to Chrift by one bond of laving faith, and one golden chain of unfained love among thernfelves, pith Saint Paul the Apoflle ; and in re- fpe& of true and fervent Love, the Apoftle loving them as his Brethren : and this the Apoftie chiefly intendeth here, it being his purpofe now to manifeft his love unto them. And hence we learne, That there k in all Gods faithfull.Minifiers, a very fervent and unfained love to their Hearers. A brotherly Iove, a love like Sam. t.:6. that ofJonathan to David, a love furpaffing the love of women, be- ing deare unto them, as the apple of their eye, as the fignet upon their finger,or the Bride unto the Bridegroome; there- fore are the Minif}ers fiiledllusbandmen ,Shepheards,Watch-men, Parents, Nurfes : As the Husbandman loves the Vineyard which he hath planted, the Shephaeard the Flock which he keepeth, theWatch -man the City which he watcheth, the Father the children which he begetteth, or the Turfe the chil Í%
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