. ...... " . t .... Tht Epiftle Ded·catDrJ• -ment. Many that are now defpicable, fo ob– fcure that they a~e loft in the tale and count of the World, fhall then be taken into the arms of ChriG ; He will not be afhamed eto confeft them c Luke u , s. man by man before his Father ; Father, this is one of mine. Oh ·tis fweet to hear fuch an ac– knowledgment out ofChriA:s own mouth~ So alfo in Heaven there are none poor; All the J?ejfels of Glory are filled up: if there be any difference in the degree, the Fo~ndation of it is layd in Grace, not GreaUleft. {See theNores Sir, .Youwill finde in f this EpiA:le,that men~~ [;~&1c;~~: of your rank and quality are liable to great Cor- :&.r,t,~ ,·h>.6, . h r: d r_ f 1 7 . & cap. S' the rupttons; t ey 100n grow· prou , 1en ua , op- fidl s-.v_erfe~ fli ldl . 11 bb . . 11 h w· d . I g Nthtlhabet pre ve,wor y,nu .. orn agatnn: t e or • {ortuna magnll went to thegreat men bnt the'IJ had altouether broken maj 141 q:tam ut · 1 'J 6 pejjit & natura theyoke, Ier. 5·5· To a fpiritual eye the condition bolla' metiur. . d ~ bl b . . . h r: • d qrutm ttt vtllt lS no way eu.ra e, Ut as lt gtvet ratrer ~ - bw(acerequam vantages ofpublique rvfefulnefl, and a more dijfo- f{:;~~~;r:~;~ ji11e Charity. g Greatnefs bath nothing greater, ~:ge Deiota– th,en an Heart to be liilling, and a Power t.o be hTeiet ~~~v:., 4ble .to do good, Then it is a fair refemblance Z"H cl':ct~;!,.," f h P r .a.· h. h. . G d h hd'tr. ~,,, o .3-eCir, o t at erre~~.ton w le lS tn o ,w o tner-.,;,,Jithn7J eth from man in nothing fo much as the Eter- ~Jn~,~~·eu~Q"rtf. , Jl , \ nity ofhis ~ein~, the Infiniteneft of his P()wer, and P.r;~s;_~~~" tbe un"YtJeariednepofhuLo)leand GoodnifS. It is the ~7fOI~Y 7~) fond ambition ofman to fever thefe things. We ctTvhOft"":~~ . * l "" all · tmtHJU!,
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