C H A P.I . Ep fdle to theTheffadoariasss. V E R.12, ¡ 77 hPRPlntnrinn_ r. Confider heeis . faithful/ who bathpromifed to Ygiue Toe with the tempta- tion, to z perffE1 power inwenk. ne(fe.That promife we haue feene exemplified. The Angel of Philadelphia had but a little firength, yet denyed not his 2Kame. z. Its fomething to forecafl the vtmof} of our danger : expeEtarion mitigates the extremity, when it comes : yet prudence I commend to all Gods people in their preme- ditation and refolution : for the general thus. Pitch thy purpofe rather to die, then to deny thy Sauiour; and hope the Lord will enable thee to performance. Weakelings in faith many,and jealous oftheir flrengtb, have bin found, with greatefa courage to haue endured Martyrdome. Howbeit, I aduife no man to bee onerpar- ticular in his premeditation; that were to leade himfelfe into Temptation. As in things deleóìable, particulars affea more to allure,then generalls t fo in things terrible, particulars more affright to difmay, then thegenerall. To dwell upon the thought of fire, or faw, or gridyron, &c. may amaze our weakenes, more by much,I dare .fay, then thought and purpofe of the generali, with humble prayer of Af iflance from God to fupport vs. That the N5one of our. Lord bliss may be glorified inyou and you in him, &c. The end, whither of Park praying,? Or of fulfilling Gods purpofe? Or of perfiting the vvorke of Faith ? Some, or all? Qr what is this glory of Chrif£ and vs ? That, in this life amongll: men ? Or rather in our glorification in hea- uen ? To this I rather incline, Corr paring ver. t o. So fall es into our fecond notice the Reciprocal/ Coincidence of C'brtflsglory with oar glorification and Salvation. Such as neither can bee, nor almolt bee couceiued without the other. So that, if I thould perfwade a man to feeke the glory of Chrill, I would perfwade him to nothing more feri- oufly, then to labour for the faluation of his foule ; ,there being nothing whereby a man can procure more glory. to Y t Cor. 1o,13 zaCor.:z.9. ' A^oc j.8.
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