Part H. The Living Temple. 247 2. View, on the other hand, the copio,i' abundant Biding contained and convey'd.in the Gofpel. It is a Call to Blejing, that we may inherit a Biding. It difcovers a State begun with the Blef- fednefs of having Iniquity fórgiven 5 a Courfe, under a continued Blejfng, of meditating on the Word of God with delight,Day and Nights of being undefi- led in the Way : Gives Chara lers of the Subje1s ofBlef ingsfhorver'd down from' the mouth ofChrill on the Poor in Spi-` rit, Pure in Heart ; the Meek, Merci- ful, &c. aims at making them nigh, that were afar off ; taking them intoGod's. own Family, and Houfhold ; making themFriends, Favourites, Domeflicks,, Sons, and Daughters ; engaging them` in a Fellowfhip with the Father, and Son : Yet were all thefe the Children of Wrath, by Nature ; Whence is this Change A Regreffion became not the Majefly of Heaven ! God's Original Conflitu4 tion that conneted Sin and the Curfe, was juft ;; He abides by it, reveries it not. To have Revers'd it, was not td have judg'd the Offenders, but I-lim felf. But having a mind to thew Men R 4 Mercy
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