Tbe soutese`cFtuallcqaingro Ghrilt, world which I haveaffe red? fes, faith tbQLord, eotsle out from them all , abandon them, lofeail riches, and be impoverished, lofeall honour, and be abated ; ah,but what [hall weeget by it ? why then, I will be your God, that is, I will ingage my felfe, and pageover the titleofall my mercy, and goodneffe, and companion, and all that I have you ihatl have, all is yours ; andwhat then ? sou fhall bee my people ; marke that, hce is obliged to apoore humbled heart; as ifhe had laid, I will be yourGod,and fupply your wants,and workgrad- bully for you as itwas with Abraham, the Father of the fa+thfull , fo it muff be with the faithfull . fervants ofGod-, Gen. a z. 3. Nowwhit there is promifed toAbraham, hepromifeth to all hischil- dren, to all the faithfull: it is thus with thee;that is thou mutt bidadue to thy country and friends, andthough thou 'Weft with thyFather, yet thou hateft his bate courtes, and though thou liveft with thy friends, yet thou hateft their wicked praaices, and thou haft forfaken thygod pride, and thygod covetoufnefï'e;and thy god drunken - neffe,and the like ; thou knoweft God will bleff& thee, he bath bound himfelfe, and cannot goe backe, this is the groundof theftech : i ¡ohn. 2. 25. Eternall life is the thing there promifed, but how can wee intitle our felves in this ? the text fifth, this is thepromife he bath promifed, that is, he did freely and frankly, and of himfelfe, and out ofhisowne good will,ingagehimfelfe to giveandbeftow thispromife uponus ; here is the root and .ground ofall his promife: This is the cllffereuce
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