}18 nectotto Saida. "he not do it ? is not his Covenant f1p`ll " tdr3,7 an Everlafling Covenant,and are not "his Mercies fare Mercies ? Can his Faithful- " nefs fail, Or his words of-Grace fall to the "ground ? Shall I truft him for Pardon and " Salvation, and not for Perfeverance ? W ill " he give me fleavén, and. (hall I faint by the " way ? It canno? be ; He will guide me with " his coup f l, and then receive me to glory. Till " I come there I [hall be fupported by his " hand, and fapplied with his Spirit; Good- " ncfs and Mercy hall follow me all the days of " my life. In fach fort may the Believer be af- fured of his Perfeverance in Grace, and fo of his Salvation. Again, the Believer may gather his Pardon , and Salvation from that peace and joy which he finds in big own heart. There is a kind of Peace and Joy fpringing out of Moral Virtues, which becaufe of thçir Congruity to Reafon leave a ferenity on the Soul where they are lodged : Mens f ui conf is re'ii is a great mat- ter ;, a good Confcience is murus aheneus, a trail of brads to the owner. Seneca faith, Res fevera eft verum.gaudium, Thee j,y id in the fe- vere profecution of. Virtue. Hierocles teils us, That the pleafure of the Virtuous 71V aV avnovdvnv latti.4-rea, imitates the joy of the gods. And it was a Point of ancient Philofophy, elv ?dp o i; ¿p674, Virtue is fuf cient to Happi- nefs. But the Peace and joy in believing is of an higher nature: Thofe in the Moralift come but from the face of Reafon ailing on the
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