454 Cri A t' .5, AN Expsftion Vox thefàrff= V a R,9,t c. hee trembleth to tafle ic, becaufe it was the bloud of 1:h 2 Sam. 2.3. them that fetcht it : h Be it fàrre from nie, O Lerd, that .IS'r7' 1 (hould doe this ; I sir not the Gleud of the wren that wept in icopardie of their limes ? So, it may be thy licen- ions nature may long to mite ofthe pïealures of finne : buc me thinkes, when thou (halt confider, as DAVID, It is t5e blond of thy Saurcur, that, that coft him his dea- reft blond, to expiate and king in thee ; thou (houldeft (ay as bee, Beit fame 'rename, O Lord : Is it not the bloud of theSonne of God, that made his Soule an of -' fcringforfïnne, to purge me, tobe of his pecttl:arpeople,{ zealous ofgood tvorkes ? As touching the fait it Idle, Chrifh dying for v s ; be- caufe it falls fitlier to be largely treated in another Text,, I fparc co in(1i on it. The fruit and end of it followes, That wee might lime tooet her with him, that glorious life which hee now liues' attherighthand of his Father ; and that, whether wee fleepe or wage, that is, line ordie. So then, Obfér, HowetterGod difpofath of the fiate prefent of hit chil dren,tbeirfaluationt rertaine- whether they hue or die, this they are, ornray:bcaffuredof, lining hólily in this World, theyihall le happily with Chrift in the World to -come,. Vpon like :Groumds, Gods Decree, and Chrifts Death, is P.arrls glorious Triumph, in the name and perfora of all Gods children. Therefore, iRom.8.38,39. '¿Veit her life n death, no State or Creature fjsall fepa- }rate from the loue of god, or deprive of Salvation. And m k Ro.14.S. that of the fame Apoftle, k Whether wee lime or die, re the Lords. And fee how folid the foundati- on of this Alfurance is ; built, firft, on Gods Decree; fecondly, on Chrifts Death. Can any hinder the Lords Appointments '? or fruftrate the vertue of theDeath of Chrift ? Vfe. Let it teach vs all, the plaice of that high point III Pet. 419. 1 of Dude 3 t Refigninn our !doses to the Lords abfolute i di iofing
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