38:2 A Serm.on at {be Funeral j.udg~ perverfcly of other things. How little do we know of God, of our fguls, -of their n1ifery,' or ·wherein their true happi– ncfs confifls, .or of the fiate after this life f. And hov;.._perverfely do \VC judge of the trifles of this life, as if Otlr happinefs and· our all w:cre funui1ed , up in them ? How corrupt a.re the affeCtions and difj)ofitions of our hearts-- ! We love what we ought to· nate; we 'trufi what wjll certainly fail us,_ and difl:rufl that which fhould be our only confidence; we fear; that which can do us: . no hann, and are regardlefs of our greateff dangers; we bufy oui:fdves about trifles,. or things that -will certainly ruin us, and do not mind our greatefl: interefls. Now, Jefos Chrifl is con1e into the world ft1ll of grace and truth, to repew the fpirit of our n1inds, and to change the difpofi.tion of our l1earts and the courfe of our lives; and the life that we ought fo lead; is by the faith' ofthe Son of God, _who loved us, and gave himfelffor us. We mufl: not live by fenfe;. and' our own fooliili . paillons, and·· fcnti– ll1ents of things; but according to thofe fcntiments and that faith that he by his· word and Spirit infpir'es us .with. To ferve Jefos Chrifl, is ~o live by his faith; and to live by t/Je faith of the Son- of God,' is to , judg~
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