' I ;i7i lle4i1-'fre',furt; would yougiveSirsJ. to .colne ~ fafely to He~; ven ? Why! .Do but lay up a good founda~ tion for your fel ves againtl the time tacome, and thereby youdo (as it were) l~y hold up· oneternAl Life,· I Tim.6.19: Prefi fe~wArtl, and'· be aiming at perfeelion, take heed of (fo much as ) feeming to fulHhorc : heap up fuch "ra· ces, fo many; and fuch-degrees and meafures of them, that an abundant entrance may be made for 1011 into the Kingdome ofChrifl:, 2 .Per. I• 1 r. the great direftion ~here prefcribed is anaddition of one degree of Grace to ano· ther, or rather of one forfof graces to· ano– ther~ and the word in Greek chat's tranflai7rtx_oeH·~ ted ~dd~ 1e [ ve~f. ~~] ~s an elegant allufion lio-oeTE toYzrg""' d~nce, who hnk themfelves hand·– ~,prie fig. inhand, a,nd obferve a decent order in theit t~iftcat ebo- recreating exercifes: and •cis 0b(ervable ·that · rum d~ct~ the fame word is ufed in v1r.1 I .to exprefs the re,ab ~?r,, adding or minill:ring to fuch a foul the en– x_oeo> & trance intoGlorie: tonote to us, the nearnefs «yru, d"- and propililquity betwixt the higheft degrees 1 eo. Be7ja.,of Graceand the ftateof Glory, the linkand E"Ktx._oel1· chainof divine Ciraces, ·reachetb from thefirft ')'MSH~tuniting-Grace of F.aith, to che God·inJoying +«1· grace of perfe&l: love; ,tbefeVi~gin:~graces go· Allulie to ing band in hand in a believing foul, lead it ~fal.w 41 • higher and higher, ril they bring it into the 4 ' 1 S· Princesprefence, andBride,.groomes Cham· ber : Oh howmerrilywil yon dance to hea·~ ven, with thefe concateriared graces ! tbC! Lord fiil raking by the end of this golden · Chain, arid drawing your fouls every day:· ne;1rer to glory, for the fam~ Apo!Ue fa~th~ w,
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