382 Paton attf; teoufnefs : Through this lattice (how con- temptiblh foever it be to carnal Men) Chri(l Thews his a11- defirable felt and full treafures ; Free -Grace communicates pardons and love -. tokens;the Divine Spirit breaths life and pow- er into Believers, quickning and awakening to anfwer the pure Gomrnands with Obedi- ence ; and this and that Promife lets out its fweetnefs, and flows as a Conduit of Cede- Ilia! Wine, with admirable S'ttavities and Con- folations. In filch things as thefe Faith hath Tweet Communion with God, and a fore feat fet to this Ordinance. In the Preaching of the Gofpel the Kingdom of Heaven comes nigh, ever. to rejeaers, Luk. ro. i I. Much more loth it do io unto Believers, who take the holy My- lleries and Promifes into the bofom and com- plex of Faith , and thereby inflame their Hearts with the Love of Chriii and Grace, as a lure witnefs that this Ordinance which car- ries fo much of Heaven in it, is from thence. Next to the Preaching of the Word I [hall fet the Ordinance of Prayer : This is the afcent of the Soul unto God as the fountain of all Good. As in every lull there is a depreon of the Heart to one Creature or other ; fo in every right Prayer there is an holy elevation of it to God.This gives great Glory to God; as it is humble, it reveres his Majefty ; as up- right,it owns his Omnifcience; as believing, it glorifies his condefcending Grace ; and as im- portunate, it overcomes the Almighty, and takes the Kingdom of Heaven by violence open
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