WORD OF. THE LORD. 263. GOD, as ALL-WISE and ALMIGHTY.* Thefe. are in- eftimable Jewels in his Crown, which can never be loft out of it. His Strength has been tried by all the Powers of Darknefs for Ages, and his Faithfulnefs by his Redeemed from the Beginning of the World ; and (till they are the fame. The Loin is not weary of either. The WORD of GOD is as quick and powerful, in this Day, as in any former Day; and mutt be fo, as long as any Objects remain for its Exercife. It is alfoj arper than any two-edged Sword : With the one Side, he cuts off his Peoplefrom their Sins ; and, with the other, he cuts down his Enemies for their Sins. He fate down and counted the CO of his own Defigns of Salvation ; not like to foolifh Architects, beginning without Efti- mate to build, and leaving off without Ability to finifh. JEHOVAH is the Rock, and his Work is perfet7. 2'o them that believe (as we before obferved from the Apoftle) CHRIST is, upon all thefe .Accounts, precious, and invaluably precious. Reader, alk thy Heart ; Is he precious to thee ? Is he the faireft of ten thoufand, and altogether precious ? 'Tis a folemti, and an im- portant, Inquiry ; which, if thou dolt not make it of thyfelf, will one day be made of thee. Is the World precious to thee, and the Things of the World ?Haft thou no Willies, no Enjoyments, no Expeftations, but in the World, and from the World? If fo; then re- member, whether thou art a Profeffor or Non- profefïbr, what GOD hath faid ; If ANY Man lave the World, the Love of the Father is not in Him. -f True Faith is enabled toovercome the World ; but if rhoU art over- come willingly and habitually by the World ; where is thy Faith ? Or, at leaft, where is its Ufe ? And if thou haft no Faith ; by the Teftimony of GOD himfelf, thou can't never fee his Face in Comfort. Mark well the Iffue. 'Tis indeed a.lamentable Truth, and what has given but too much room for the Sarcafms ofpro- phane Wits upon Profeffors, 1tev. Rix. ; , 13, 16. S t i John ii. iç. That
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