CHAP. I. upon the Epifile of JAM ! s. ViR S.I8~ 149 not have Comfortwithout Duty; for though true peace of confci- * Dtmocri'– ence befounded in Chrifis Satisfacbon, -yet, 'cis found onely in his tP.-5 excrrca– ,Service, Matth. 11.28. Come tome, and Iwdt give you Reft :--vit {eipfum But in Verf. 29. 'cis Tak.! myyob.._e uponyou, andyefhall.finde Reft quod mulie– for y,our Souls: ~s ~e _m~ll: c~me, to Chrifi for COQlfort; fo_ w_e res .fine c~:mufl: flay under h1s Dtfc1plme, 1f we would have a fenfe of 1c m cupifcentta our own Souls. Well, :now you lball fee how excellently the-fe are afjicere non provided for ln the Gofpel; There is fPirit again!l: Weak_nef[es, pojfet,& do– andmerit again!l: defeUs and failings, fo chat 'Duty is provtded leret fi non for, and CrJmfort; They need not defpair under weakne[es, hav- ej{et potitm: ing the affiil~nce ofa mighrySpirit: *They need not put ottt their at Chriftia– eyes, havingaGod to quench their tufts: They-need not defpair nmfalvu 0'– und~r. thefenfe of their defects, there being fuch afull merit in the culu fti:mi..· obedieqce of Chr~fl. In iliort, when they have farge(f thoughts nam videt; pf Duty, they may havefweeteft hopes of Comfort, and fay with animo, lld– David, Pfal. I 19. 6. Jfha/1 not be~tfoamcd when I have rcfje[f verfr-u libito all thy Commartdments. · · - dinem cacm So,much for t-he jixth Obfervation. · · · · eft. Tertul.in . 7· That Gods Children ~zre his firjf fruits: The word hinted1 Apol. ca.46• . two things, t!;eir Digniry,and their Duty; -Which two Confider-: Obforv. 7• ~ ations will draw out the force of the Apofiles Expreffion. . · .. I. ~c noteth the cnignity of the people of God in two regards: . 1. One is, They arethe Lords portirJn j l-.cf@- w~rn@-, ·his pecu. liar. p;oplc, Tit. 2d4· the treafure people, the people'God look.:. eth after;. ~he w~rlii are his .goods, b~t you his .-treafure ? the word K.7t,-~e~.:r.(,)ll. m the Text 1s emphat1cal : Ochers are_but his. · creatures, you his.firftfruits; he delighteth to-be calledyour God-,· he hath, as it were, impropriatedhimfelf to your ufe and comfort-;-... Bfe{fed f.s the people 'Whofe G9d is the Lord, Pfal. I44· ult. He is Lo.rdofall,. lint yoar God: One faid, to/le mmm, & to/le Deum ;· ~ris the !dation to Gol,i.that is fweet, and ageneral relation yeeld-' eth no comfort: $)h what amighty infial)ce is this of the love of God tq us, That he iliould reckon us for hisfirft fruits, for his own. , lot and portion ! z, That they are the crJn(iderable part of the. -p?ar.ld.: Thefirft fruits were offered for the bleffing ofall the reO:;- P~o.v_._ 3· 10. Offe.r thy firflfruits, .andfo thy Barns..fba!l be filled ~~tb p~enty, _ ~tndthrpref{es foll;ll burft,out with w'inc: S(!)here; the. ~htldren .of .God they are the blej]ing in the clufter; others , -(ar~ t~e ~ett~J' ,f~r ~hei~·ndg~borhood ; .they. ar.e.the firength, (he Y, 3 .. · · .J - chdr.et.s.. ' ;
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