SER· I~- Triumph of Faith; ~~4 j - zealous and ACl:ive in Duties. 2 4f!Jid fcoffed at by At!ichdl, _faid, l'Jt be more 17iJe yet; fo P(. xx.ii. 7· All that fie me laugh me to (corn, they jhoot out the Lip, they jhake the Head, V er. 8. He trufted in the Lord, &c. See here.a heavy Temptation, but his Faith diggc-th deeper, to the firft Experience of God's Goodneis, V er. 9· :But thou art he that took me out of the Womb, ~c. As the Church mocked with this, Sinr us one of the SotJgs of Zion, Pfal. cxxxvii. raifeth an higher Efteeni of Zion, becaufe Zions Songs are fcoffed· .... at, V er. 5· Let them mock Zion as they lift. · !But if I forget Zion, then V er. 6. I pra_'Y Gotl my '1 ongue may cfeave to the roof of my Mouth.. So the Thief hearing Chrift blafphemed, a.nd railed on by his Fellow doth take more Boldnefs to extol him as a King ; Lord, remember ·me, when thou comefl to thy Kiny_dom: Grace aEpeareth the more gracious and Active that it hath an Adveriary ; contraries in Nature, is Fire and Water, putforththeir greateft Strength, when they aB:ually confliEf: together. Vje 1 Antinomians turn Grace into a Temptation, and then caft offall Duties, as Chrift has pardoned, all Sin, his Righteoufnefs imputed, is mine : What do you fpeak to me of Law-duties! The Wav that cryeth dnwn Duties and Santliflcation, is not the Way of Grace ; Grace is an innocent Thing, and will not take Men' off from Duties, Grace deftroyeth not Obedience: Chrift hath made Faith a Friend to the Law; the Death of Chrift deftroyeth not Graces atlivity in Dudes: It is true, Grace trufted in, becomes our felf, not Grace; and Se;lfcannot ftorm Heaven, and take Chrift by Violence ; Grace thQugh K nea.t . ' I ~
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