1 210 )VERSE. 2. Matth.r3.44. EfaY 9 3,4. Iohn t cai Rom. y.13. tames I. a. Hebr.r I .z6. Mie.5.5 Rom.5.3. Elay61.a. Baron. ifn.31. num.78. aCor.6.z. Luke 19.6. AkLuar. Ga1.4.140 Marke10.29. The glorieoftheWell. raemmammOrwi 1.0. 41*, ofviElorious#oiles, wherein there is not onely an efcape from dangeroushazard,but a large rewardofpeace and plenty. It isaftell joy, there is no forrow mingledwith it, nay, it is all joy,and therefore there is nothingbut for- row without it. All joy in it felfe,and all joy in the mid- dell of oppofirion too. A joy in the heart like gold in he mine, which turneth every thingabout it intojoy. Divers temptations take not away one fcruple ofit, no more than fire doth ofgold, it is all joy fill. (My bre- thren, faith theApoflle, count it all joywhenyou fall into divers temptations. It turneth the reprochesof men in- to riches, nay, in the middell of all other tribulations it is our peace, andour glory: Therefore beingfo full ofjoy when oncearight apprehended,needs mull it like wifebe worthyof allacceptation too. And therefore the Pro,. phercalleth the timeofthe Gofpell tempue acceptabile, theacceptable time or yeare ofthe Lord, whichBare- nitro falfelyunderflands ofthe fiat yeare ofChrillsArea. thing onely, fence the Apoftleufeth the fame phrafc for the whole time of evangclicall difpenfation. And indeed if we looke into theChurch, we !hall fee what worthy acceptation this Gofpell hath found. Za- cheat madehafe,and receivedChrill into hishoufegiad- ty fo did the brethren at Ierufalem receive the Apoilles; fo did the men of Berea receive the Word, Kr, wows off- zuPlas, withall readineffeof episode, or forward aiffaion; fo did the Galatians receiveSaint Paul with the honour of AM Angell, yea, even as Chilli' km hwolelfe (for in- deedChrif and hisGofpell goe fill together theman in the Gofpell fold all hehad for it ; the Saints did ear- ilea!), contend for it, and take thekingdomeofheaven by violence. Though they fuffered the loffe ofall for Chrif, yet they counted godlineffegreat gaine fill. In a Cnipwrrack I throwmy goods over.,board, and get my life for aprey ; in this cafe I come no 'tiler to heaven; vitafihi mews, a mans life is fufficient treafure in fuch an
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