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"ERE
CEîRISTLAN9S
YBEASiiRE.
and,
shall
I
be
bold to
say,
adding beauties
and
orua-
meats
to
his
robes
of
glory,
and lustre
to his heavenly
crown.
IV. This large inheritance
of
a christian
is
all
sancti-
fied, which
is
more
than
can
be
said
of
any
part
of a
sin
-
ners
estate.
The
riches
of
this
world may
be
abused
to
luxury and debauchery,
to
iniquity and sore
vexations..
They
may be
abused
to profaneness
and
impiety,
to
dishonour God, and
corrupt
the
conversation
of
men
and
to
ruin their
souls for ever
:
But
this large
and
eex-
ten.sive
treasure
of
a
christian,
is
designed for
bis
real.
happiness,
as
well as
for
the honour
of
his
God
;
whatso-
ever he
has to do
with
it
in
the
world, he uses
it to
the
glory
of
his
God, to the honour
of
his Saviour,
to
the
benefit
of
his fellow-
creatures,
and
to his own
subiimest
advantage.
And
concerning
this
sacred treasure,
it
may
Le
said,
that it
is
the property,
or
in
the
possession
of
a
christian,
no
farther than it
is
sanctified to
him,
or
than
he receives
it
with
a
sanctified mind.
"
To the
pure
all things
are pure," Tit.
i. 15
for
"
every thing
is
sanctified
by
the
word
of
God
and
prayer,"
I
Tim.
iv.
5.
The
exercise
of
piety
among
the saints,
puts a
sort
of
consecration upon all creatures,
so
far
as
they
use
or
enjoy them.
Thus it
is
made
sufficiently
evident,
that
the
treasure
of
a
saint
vastly excels all
the richest
possessions
of
a
sinner.
I
cannot enter
now
upon
the
third branch of
my
de-
sign,
which was to shew,
how
a christian
comes to
be
made heir and possessor
of
all things.
Let
us
therefore
shut
up the present
discourse with this
one
reflectión
:
Reflection.
"
How unreasonable
is
it for
a
christian
to
forsake
his
profession; or
his
practice, for
any thing
which this world
can
tempt
him
with
?
For
his
treasures
and
enjoyments
already are
greater
than
any
thing he
can hope
for
in
the
ways
of
sin.
" What
a
poss'erful
motive may be drawn hence,
to
persevere
in
faith
and
holiness
?
Christians,
"
all
things
are yours;"
every thing
you converse with shall
turn to
your benefit;
`
this world,
and
the
other; things
pre-
sent
and things
to come, life
and death are yours.''
" What
valuable pretences
can
the
world
make;
to
tempt
you to
lose this
inheritance,
to
quit
these hopes,