Verf4. 11nExpofüzon ofthe 84. Pfalme. by their works deny him, lit. i. 16. Of fuch St. lames fpeakes, ?Ames 2.18. 2o. Shewmee thy faithwithout thy Worker, &c. He that mull abide in thehoulefor ever, mull be a fonne, yohn 8.35. whichwe all are through faith in Chrif}, Gal. 3. 26. and by regeneration, i ?ohn 5. i. for of fuch theApof}le faith, Thouart no more afervant, but a Tonne, Gal. 4.7. Therefore whofoever would certainely know himfelfe tobe in Gods houfe, and tocontinue there- inmuff get true faith, and keep it, and íhew the truth of it by works oflove, Gal. 5, 6. and of obedience to Gods word, i Thefr. 2. i 3. As we delire the aífiirance oftruehappineffe,we mua ap- proveour felvesdwellers in Gods houfe,that is, fuch as con- tinue and abide the true fervants and childrenofGod.Our holy calling to the faith of the Gofpell gives us entrance and admittance into the family ofGod, i Cor.I.2.9. Eph. a. 18. and 3. 12 and our perfeverance and continuance in the fame faith is it that doth manifel} our abode and dwel- hng inGods houfe, i 7ohn 2.19. Now this faith is one,Eph. 4, 5. as God is one, and if it be true it workethby love,Gal. 5.6. and is feenby obedience,wherein we muff be con Iant, `Phil.:. 12. Mat. 24, 13. and hereinwe muff aporove our felves dwellers in codshoufe, having our Bares boared,Ex. 2 i 6. Pfal. 40..6. endeavouring as, t Tim I. 19. to keepe faith and a good confcience, and 2 Tim. i. 13. holding faft theholfome word in faithand love : In great houles here on earth, we fee great men makeufe ofretainers, which arc not fervants in ordinary at bed and board, but havehoufes of their own,where for themof} part they live, and look to their ownbufineffe ; only at good times, as they fay, andon force fpeciall occafions, they come to their Lord and ma. fier , and wait upon him in his livery, and are welcome to him, and well accepted as his fervants : but in theChurch ofGod, which is thehoufe of the living God., theLordof heaven and earth, it is not fo ; all, whom he owneth and acknowledgeth for his fervants, are fervants in ordinary, they dwell in his houle, Pfal. 65.4. performing the fer- E e 2 vice 33
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