Heart-Trea}t4re.· ~·?j We Art k!pt !J1 I he powwof God, throNghf~ith~ to f4lflt~tion, I P1t. I • . S• So. that theio~l1s hap- ' · pie, by eh~ L~rds keeptng and aeltng ~be gr~ceof fatth J we Jhatperfevere, by the a~- , fiftanceof God, as the eftictent caufe, and 1n , the exercife and irtcreafe'of all graces, e{pe– ciallie faich, as the meanes: thus, are €hri– fiians to treafure up all perfevering _ gra~es. that they maynvt taint by ·theway, but hold ·out,and that their laft maybe more than their firfi, and this brave fabrick of grace 'may be raifed up as high ~s Meaven: onl~e lentreat you, be fttre that you layChrifi: for a founda· . tion,· and digdeep inhun)iliation ; you•l ne· ver have a perfe&ion of degrees, except you ' have a pcricelion of. parts ~in integrity o£ heart; and you'l never reach glorie, unlefs . Chrifi drawyouwith him, in his afcent1on by his merit, and fpirit, therefore fee to your ,in- . tereft, and thengrow in grace, and if youdo thefe things, you Olal never fail. . ' CHAP. XV. ll'hAt txp1r_it11CII11Yt to be trt~[Nr~J •P• lr~ • 41 , · ~u \ . .- - TNe third fort c,f precious u{eful goods~ that theChrift:ian is to layup, js chofe various experiences, he bath inall p'atfageso£ his life ; certainly a Chri!lian may be a great gainer thisway, this is a gtanddude, a Chara~er of ·folid wifdome , and a meanes of ··,, ·more: So (aich the Pfalmift, concerning the ~ ·varjoLlS aels of divine providence, ·in PfJ. ( ' ' 107· ' ' . l ,
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