C it A p,s, Fpif#le to the 7heff'alaniatss. V s R.9 ,io. 437 The ftcad it doth vs in temptation, is fuch, that 'Paul callsit the f.flnchor of t f HeS the Soule. Thus conceiue how. 6 x9, There are certaine blef ings which God bath prorifed, Chrifl purchafed, yet we poileife nor, faue onely in title: gas,1-o perfrd the good rvorkebegmn,tothe Day of the Lord g Phil.t.6. le! au;hToconfirmevsblamclejfe to the emit ; To 3 tread h r =oriA OCt1.t6.2C, downs Satan under our feet, fie. The cafes oft tail our, iP that wee feele nothingletre than what is promifed ; per- haps declining, in flead of growing in grace; weakening rather than etlablifhing of faith, &c. the cunning De- uill working vpon aduantage ofour fenfe, labours there- by to ouerthrow our faith. Here now is the vie of Hope ; expeetinv aboue reafon and fenfe, the bleíngs promi- fed ; confidering the faithf inns fJe and power of the Pro - tnifer. k Though he kill me,yet will I truft in him; t Againi i t Roo 3.x5. hope, ABRAHAM beleeues hope. VERS. 9,10. For God bath not appointed vs to wrath., 6tst to obtaine fal_ station by our Lord lefua Chrif : f Who died for VS, that whether we wake or fleepe, weejhosld lime with him. He words, as moll conceiue, are added as a reafon enforcing the exhortation to holinelfeoflife ; as they may be concei- ued, they are fubioyned as a meanes to flablifh Hope ; at leafs, are pertinent to the purpofe of arming our (clues againft the euill Day ; through afiurance of obtaining the Crowne, the good fight of Faith being finned. The rea- Ions here couched, are two: faríl, Gods gracinusac , in ordaining vs to life: fecondly, the aftofChrif} theMe- diatour, tending to accomplifh that Ordinance of Lis Father. D d 4 Apply [i 4 s -.,INOV
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