294 Sol. tZefè. A.f. i Sam.s.9. Gen 37 7. ExOd.L4.8. F,x ef,zp zr. cèv4 W:TQe:4:4 a (.1n. _ Dn.i33, G.d ; Frai.gn:4* Yrov. 4 18. Fanotìos apu.i v,I/Ib2ari2effe ferunt ta7,2 di f fifî auriu.:a rlavXüu,!iCe,ta ()i>ií2e c9Yp'/.5 eX eÌd cG12te,¡aat. íùdor.l ;;,c,3. A Commentary upon the Gold Chap.7. From his rtghteoufneffe imparted, or that cf fantification, he may turn in parr, and for a rime, and die a temporall death for his o.frace, as 7ofiah : Nat fo from his righteoufbeffe imputed, or that ofju`}ifica: ion, fo as todie etcrnally. Oc the holyGhofi may fofpeak, asofathing impoffìbie : as, if an Angel from heaven thould preach anyother Doarine, (c. which cannot poffibly be. 'So that this text concludes not categorically. The Comrter /IallabideWith r e forever, Jolla446. It is called an earne3, not a pawn. A pawn is to be returned again; but an earnett is part and. pledgeof the whale rum. What need th n fo manyex''ortations to perfeverance? i. True grace in it fell is le:fable, in refpecî of us, who Mould fail from it, as ri3dam; but ire are kept by the power and prcmifc of God to falvation ; and we need Chrifis left_ hand to be under eu, and his right-hand over us to clafp and hold us up. He k epeth the feet of the Saints, and preferves to f em allEach evil, as may frtlirate our perfeverance, 2 Thejj73.3. t yoh.5.18. 2. By thefe exhortations, as means, Gods grace is promoted, and preferved in us. 3. Weare but inpart renu °d, and are apt to backflide ; if we row not hard, winde and tide will carry us back again. Heed therefore mutt betaken, that we look not back with Lots wife; that our 7acobs.ladder may reach toheaven ; that cur oyi fail net, till the bride-groom come ; that our coat reach s down tocur heels, as 7ofephs, and the high. Piiells did ; that we facrife the beats with the tail; that we keep in this fire daleSanctuary ; or, if it flacks, that we rake it cut of the. aches, and blow it up again into a flame; that we turn not again, as we walk, with thcfe living creatures, Ea k, a. t 2. nor be like Nebachadnezaars image, that began in gold , and ended in clay ; that We begin not in the s6irit, and end in the fief : that we go not backward, as Be- .tekaks Sun, nor Eland at a thy, as fofhuab's, but rejoyce to tonne cur race, as Davids; and goo en to the perttl day, as ¡So. lemons, &c. Naxle 26. eXedeveryone that kiareth there f yings ofmine, and deth them not, sec. ] Which is the greater number of hearers. Far mot`l men hear to hear, and not to pradife. Somehear meetly of forms, or for fafhion fake, or tofave the penaliyoftlie Statute, or to findef.me Recipe to procure a fleep, or to Riil the clamours of their
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