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HOLY

tORT1TVñb,

[SEAM. XXXII:

everlasting inheritance,

that

shall

be

your reward

in the

future

world,

through

the

-grace

of

'our

bird

Jesus

Christ

"

He

that

overcometh shall

sit

down

With

me on

mÿ

throne,

Ric."

Rev.

iii.

Q)1.

"

He

that

overcometh

shall

inherit

all things," Rev. axi, 7.

Put

all

these together

in the balances,

with

a

few

crosses

and disappointments,

a

little trouble and uneasiness

;

nay,

though you should

add

torture

and death

in

the

same scale,

you may

easily

judge

which

will

outweigh.

Gaze

at

your

crown

of

life,

and

your immortal

hopes, till you

feel

your

souls

divinely

animated

to

the

combat:

Learn

from

the apostle,

and

assume

that

glorious language

;

"

Our

light

afflictions,

which

are

but

for a

momont,

are

scarce

to be

mentioned

or named

with

the far more exceeding and

eternal

weight

of

glory

that

shall be

revealed,"

Q

Cor.

iv. 17,

" There-

fore

we

both

labour

and suffer

reproach therefore

we

bear

all

present

sorrows

with holy

courage,

Ronz. viii.

18.

because

we

look

not

at

the things

that

are

seen,

little

things

that

are temporal

;

"

but

look

at

the

great

unseen

things

that

are

eternal,"

Q

Cor.

iv. 18.

The

fourth

and

last general

head

of

discourse shall now

furnish

us with some

sacred remedies against

this slavish

fear.

The

passion

of

fear

in

general,

is

wisely

wrought 'by

the great God into human

nature:

It

is

a

disturbance

both of our

animal composition, and

of

the mind upon

the

apprehension

of

some

approaching

evil,

or

upon

the

apparent

danger of

it.

This

is

an excellent provision,

which the

God of nature

has made, to

guard

us

from

ma=

ny mischiefs.

It

is

innocent and

useful when

it

is

fixed

on a

proper

object, and

exercised in a

proper

degree.

It

becomes a

part of

our

religion

when God

is

the

object of

our

fear, whereby'

we

maintain

such a holy

awe

of

his

Majesty,

as

awakens

a

constant

desire

to

please

him,.

joined

with

a

temper of

holy love.

But

when

we

suffer

creatures

to

raise and

influence

our

fears

upon every

occasion,

so.

as to ruffle

and

dis-

quiet our

spirits,

to throw

the soul from

off its

rest,

and

to

turn

us

aside

from

the steady course

of

duty, then

it

be-

comes

a sinful

and

forbidden

passion,

and

we

should

make it

our

business

to

watch against

it,

and suppress

it.

There

are

some

persons

so `feeble

in

their

native con-

stitutions, or

their

spirits are

so

weakened

by

the

diste-