CH A P.3. Epitle to the Theffalonians. V E L3 and iea!oufìes,chaftens it:yet call not away thy confidence, Care fhall fpring afrefh; thou malt rife more vigilanr,cir- cumfpedl,zeálous to make amends for former aberrations : the joint where its broken,when well fet,growes ftronger: fee allo a John 2.2. Decaies in meafure of feruour? Refp. Bewaile it, and hereafter (hun the occafions. But there is who heales fuch breaches, and bath ordained whetcwith to 2 repaire them : when pride, and contempt of weaker brethren, and pre - fumptuous confidence are chafiened, and humility again fucceeds,the Lord (hall rettore thy meafures as at the fir(i; caufe thee to doe thy frftaworkes, and make them more at the /aft then 4;o-crimes. Small feelings of fauour ? Refp. Waike we by fenfe? why not rather a by faith? as b Chrifl,and Dattid his type, againfl fenfeiholding the conclufion,God í, their god : who but beleeues what he feeles ?Its the fpeech & proofe ofglo- rious faith,Though he kill me ,yet true in him,Iobt 3.! 5. That nothing ,night be wanting to our comfort,in hold- ing fart the hope that is fer before vs,God bath couenanted not onely for the ble(fïngs,but for the conditions that con - cerne vs ; ro caufe vs to wake in h4 atutes, tofupport , to resiore,to pardon, without all nay from Satan and our own weakues,rofet vs in poffef on of the pure! sfed inheritance. The Lord is fsirhfull. But Atheifts none deliberately queflion it.Its his perpetuali (tile : the faithful! God which keepeth couenant, and merc7, Deut.7.9. Dan.9 4. Not a word toes out of his mouth but exaLly is performed : fee fora' .45.0* 27.t4.2(hro.6.t4,T5.2 Kzm.to.to.Circum fiances exafly kept: compare Gen.I 5.1 Exo.12.4 t. As his mercy extends not to good onely but to the froward,fo oft his faithfulnes to them that Beale perfidioufly in the co-: uenant: feeRem.3.a,4. moral venues of meinare all in God eminentor: our faithfulnefre,& other vertue,what are they but rai.:s of that Sun?Explication we need here rather then p.roofe. e Whence ii the prom fè of his comming? Re/. Picuifn Atheitt : r mull he needes acquaint thee with the d times? 233 Y Pfa1.4.1o. augxfl. ad Rom.8.z8, 2 Eph,4,t2. z Cor. 5.7. b Pfàl, zz,r, s ` z Pet3.4. d AQS 1.7. . . !,:st ,>
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