This ismy Bclo'TJed, ' \ -- 39~ ( •S11 R .xviTI. a-re-n=o-~-rv-o-nd 7e=r~sJ""""'i:""':f=y-~o~u~c-o~n-:::fi-=:d=er=h~o=w-e-x-ce_U_e-ot , Chrift is~ what he bath done for us, and what he keeps ~or us ~n anather w~:uld, that ~e will pre– ferve us to hts heavenly kmgdome, ttll heput us into poffeffion of thJt glorious conditiou that he hath purchafed. Let the hearts of men dwell upon the confideration ofthefe things, and then you fhall fe~ that Gods childrenare rather to be blarped that they are no more carefull, watch~ full, and indufhious, then to be taxed that they • Mat. t 1 r9. are fo much. Our Saviour Chrifi C:1id; .Mat. 1 1. I I 9. Wifedorne is jufiified of all her children. If youwill make good that you are children of wiCedome,.you mufi beable to jullifie rhe wife. dome of God every way, to jufiifie your rea-– ding,heariog, your communion of Saints, to ju– fi i fi~ all the exercifes of J:\eligion from anexpe– rimentJll tafte and fweerne!Ie nf them (as thc– Church doth here) This is my Beloved. \Vhat Iolh.14·' 5• fayes Io{htl.:th, this .choice I have made, doeyou what y<)u will ir matters me nor, but I andmy houfowill ferve the Lord. SoPaul makes avolun– tary profeffion of his lffection,Rom. r.::. I dm nDt afuzmed~1 the Go!Jell ofiefiuchrifl, lee the Gof– pell beentettained in the world asir will,and let others thinke of me as they. will, that I am for~ ward·in the preachingof ir,I am not aOumed otl ic,and good reafonhe had not to be aOJamed, for it is thepower efGod tofalvA.ti~n toaft ih.,t beleeve" ye~ the faving power to us, and havenot I caufe to!land in the defence of it ; and fo he faith the z. Tim a. t 1. 2 T-im. I. I 2 .Ikno~ whom I have6eleeved;&c. I•am ( · notl
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