P nano fR>wtb: .5 87 CHAP. XIII. Of the top and highè(l flature of Faith, the Believers Afurance of his food eflate of Pardon and Salvation. That this AJJurance is attainable ; many ways demon/lrated. H Aving paßred over the Believers Expe- riment touching the Scripture; I shall now proceed to another touching his own Efiate. He may certainly know, &Tt iv `ixe, as Dionyfiu! (peaks, That it is well with him, That he is in a good fiate of Pardon and Sal- vation. This is apex ftdei, the top and higheff (lature of Faith; a Priviledg which tranfcends Earth, and antedates Heaven to us. Here are thofe three things, Lumen, Letitia, & Pax, Light, 'joy, and Peace, which (as the School - man Halenfis faith) render the experiment of Grace in the Soul truly certain. Here are Coele- fhial Beams, unfpeakable Joys, admirable Se- renities, Sabbaths of Reif, Seas of Sweetnefs, and Beatitudes too great for the tongue of Men and Angels to exprefs. Before the Be- liever walked only with the tingle fiat of Re- cumbency and Refignation ; but now he hath bands and troops of'.Comfort following after him from the Proniifes.His darling Soul is now richly provided for to all Eternity ; Eternal Beauty is in his Eye,Infinite Goodnefs at hand D d 2 for
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