5-48 THE WORD or GOD coMPARED To LIGHT, Book III. jhall not have Dominion over yott, for ye are 1101 under the L aw, but under Grace, Rom. vt. 14. Pfal. lxvu. 3· Obj. But Satan will be too many and mighty for me, he will break my Bones, and devour me at one Time or other. :Anfw. But what fays God, the Promife runs, he ihall but bruife thy Heel, not break thy Head: He has alfo promifed to bruife ~atan under thy Feet ihortlv; R•mxvi. 20. My Grace is fufficient for thee, 2 Cor. xii. 9· · Obj. But I have no Power to ftand, I ihall fall when Perfecution comes, I ihall not be able to go through fiery Tnals. _ Anfw. I will give thee f'o17er, faith the Lord, He giveth Power to the Faint, dpd to them that have no Might. Fear not, TVorm Jacob and ye Mm of Jfrael, I will help thee, I wz/1 uphold thee, &c; when thou g~efl through the Fire I will be with thee, &c. _Obj. If 1 follow God and his Ways, my Friends will leave me, nay, my Father and Mother_wtll forfake me, _and how ihall that Lofs be made up. _ Anf<o. When my Father and Mother forfake me, faith David; the Lord will take me up; I will 11ever leave thee, faith God, nor forfake thee, Pfal. xxvii. 10. Heb. xiii. Obj. But what ihalll do for a Father? .- Anfw. I will be a Father unto you, mrd )'e jha/1 be my Sons and Daughters; faith the Lord Almighty, Jer. iii. 19. 2 Cor. vi. 18. Obj. But 1 am weak, and not able to fpeak when I am brouaht before Rulers for Chrift's fake. " _ Anfw. '.Take no care, it jha/1 be givtn to you th• /time i-Iour• . . Obj. But notw;thftanding all this, I am afraid, I ihall deny the Faith 1 and depart for ever from God. Anfw. I willput my Fear ir• their Hearts that they jhall not depart from nre.-Jvfy Sheep hear my Voice, and I know them, ami tbey follow me, and I give them eternal Life, and theyjhall never perijh, neither foal/ any pluck them out of my llmzds, Jer. xxxii. 39- John x. 27, 28. Obj. Bm ftrange Evils have befallen me. Anfw. All Things fhall work rogethtr for Good. Obj. 1 am afraid I ihall want Bread. Anfw. '.Theyoung Lions want and fi1Jtr Hunger, but they that fear the Lordjhall not lack any good '.Thing-He willgive Grace and Glory, and no good '.Thing will he witb-uld from them that walk uprigbtf;•. Obj. But thofe that live godly are in danger tO be undone, to follow Chrift is the way tO lofe all, fay what you wi!l._ Anfw. Godlinifs is profitable unto all 'Things, having the Promife of the Life that now is, and of that which is to come. It is the only way to grow rich; thole that lofe any Thing for Chrift's fake, ihall have a hundred-fold in tlm Life, and in the World to come Life everlafting. Obj. But I may lofe my Life if I keep faithful to the Lord Jefus. Anfw. He that lofes his Life for my fakt, jhall find it; all fuch ihall have an heavenly Life for an earthly one, an eternal Life for a trJnfitory one; and thus by the help of the Spirit, the Promifes fweetly tend to anfwer all Doubts and Objecbons that may arife in poor Sinners, or in the HeartS of weak Believers, which is the !aft Thtng I ihall mind, as to the glorious excellent Nature ofGoCpel Promifes. Tenthly, The Gofpel is glorious in refpect of the Privileges thereof; here I might inlift upon Adoption or Sonfi1ip, free Accefs to the Thron< of G~ace, a Dwelhng– place in God's Houfe, Rtght to the Mmtftry? and all the Gtlts thereof; whether Paul or Apollos, all is yours, and Rtght to partake of the Prayers of the Church, and many other Privileges that have cccafionally been mennonrd, whtch here I fhall om•t. E!eventhly, The Gofpel is glonous tn relpdt of. the Salvauon brought abom by the Lord Jefus, as recorded and revealed ther~tnfhat Gofpel Salvauon ts a glonoltS Salvation doth ap.pear from what h:th been fat d._ _ 1 • In refpect of God, who in hts eternal Wtfdom, firft found tt out, or was the Contriver of it. 2 • In refpect of Chri!l: who is ~ore immediately the Author thereof, Heb. v. 9· 3· In rcfpect of the Price of this Salvauon, vtz. the Blood of Jefus Chrijl. 4· In
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