Freedom fions finne to befought. 341 not your fin, we cannot profit you; the holding fact of your impieties turnes the miniftry of falvation into an in- creafe of condemnation, working death inftead of life, the very bell things, proving evil} to them that continue without change in their corrupt cRate ; therfore as r Han r nail prayed to bee delivered from her barrenneffe, as alb - a Sam. 14. felon longed to fee an end of his exilement , and to be-i 3. hold the Kings face againe ; as I rael fi hed and groa- kt'la'to' ned to bee eafed of their bondage ;f as the men of Tyre :Kin.4. and Sidon made Blather the Kings Chamberlain- their friend, and defired peace with Herod ; and as the Pro- phet powred meal- into the pot, and there was no harme in the pot ; but the pot of death was made a pot of wholefome food , a meanes to preferve life. Só let us bee earneft with the Lord to deliver us from this eftate of barrenneffe , and make us fruitfull, from this eftate of exilement, and bring us to the enjoyment of the hea- venly Kings face and countenance ; Let us make Chrift our Friend, that there may be an end put to the enmity betweene God and us, and that we may be fet at peace a- gaine with God ; let us ugh and groane u:der our finfull bondage, and labour for fpirituall freedome ; Let us la- bour to have true and faving grace powred into the pot of our foules, that all our poflefíions and undertakings may be fantaified unto us, and that the Word which our finne hath made the favour of death unto death, may tho- row grace become the favour of life to ,life to every one of us. Means offre-. And to the end we may be tranflated out of the Rate dome. of corruption into the finte of grace, let us, a. .Attend 1. Attend the upon and bide the word of God in our hearts : This is Word. the s Word oflife, by which our foules are quickned, this sPhil.a_16. is the Seed of tRegeneration by which wee are new born, t z Pet.z.9; this is the voyce by which wee are called out of the. Kingdotne of darkeneffe into marvellous light ; this is the ° zsarìike_ weapon by which the holds of finne are call u z Cor.ro.4. downe , as the walls of yericho were caft flat to the ground at the founding of the Trumpets ; this is the fire
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