so ~ \1!lofet~~~a rer, fhall we think to go on our own errand? Lord, for.. give this grofs ;ngratitude : Oh Chriftians, whatever your frrairnefs or inlargemenrs be, make ufe of him who is at Gods right hand, lay your facrifices on thi~ golden -Altar; la vthe whole firefs of your acceptance upon Chrifts n1erirorious intereeffion ; aB: faith on him who mingles his fweet incenfe with your forry perfor: n1ances: Oh look' after our Aaron who is gone into the Holy ofHoJies for us: Confider,friends,it wouldbe fad withyou-ifyou were to be judged according to the bell: fecret duties that ever .you performed: It's goad to . have an inlarged he~rt in fecret, yet there's dange~ in it, and it may undo us, becaufe our naughtyhearts are apt to boa:fl: of, and trufl: to our inlargements ; t~erefore 'tis better for us fometimes to be ftraitned than con... fiant!y inlarged in our. Cloft?t· Prayers ~ Thi~ is that · \Vhie~ bath made fome fay that their duties ·have done tbem more hurt than their infirmities; and the reafon is plain, becaufe our corrupt hearts are fo apt todepend upon the former, when as w.e are daunted and empti– ed of our felves -by confidering the latter: The Lord help us·all in,this main b~tfine{s ofPray~r, yea this prin'!' cipal part ofour R'e1igioh, to depend wholly upon the righteoufi1efs and interceffion of Jefus Chrift, for ac- · ce1s to, and acc~ptance . with God~ Study thefe Scrip.. tures, ]oh. 16. 23, 24. Eph. 3. 1 3.· Heb.4. I),I 6. I o. I 9, zo,2r,2l. Phil.3·3? I8. TheGofpe~ rs full ofthis, yea, ' · this is the main hinge of our Religion : you are n.ot Chrifiians, ' unlefs you make 1eho1Jah your righteouf– nefs in all -you do, as well as God your ultimate end : · You'J go away as the proud Pharifee without accep– tance, if you plead your ·inlargements with God: but ''· if youcome as the Publican, pleading onlyGods mer– cy and Chrifts inefits, you tball &e owned and crown- , ed with abundant tncomes. ' There.are alfo feveral other neceffary I~gredients in .. - --- - "- -- ---- -- an
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