Several discourses preached at the Temple Church . but you mufi: ftill work outyour Salvation with Fear andTrembling. Thiswe may learn from our Apoflles own Ar-guing here : The Spirit itfelf beareth witnefswith our Spiriti that we are the Children ofGod. The Confequence of this is, if Children,then Heirsi Ver. 17. But now are we Heirsthrough Hope, he tells us in another Place -,and at the twenty-fourth Verfe of this Chap-ter, TFe arefavedby Hope: But Hope that is feen DISCOURSE Vm. 249 feen is Jiot Hope, Certainty fhuts out Hope:And, iince being Children makes us onlyHeirs through Hope, tis pl
Several discourses preached at the Temple Church . but you mufi: ftill work outyour Salvation with Fear andTrembling. Thiswe may learn from our Apoflles own Ar-guing here : The Spirit itfelf beareth witnefswith our Spiriti that we are the Children ofGod. The Confequence of this is, if Children,then Heirsi Ver. 17. But now are we Heirsthrough Hope, he tells us in another Place -,and at the twenty-fourth Verfe of this Chap-ter, TFe arefavedby Hope: But Hope that is feen DISCOURSE Vm. 249 feen is Jiot Hope, Certainty fhuts out Hope:And, iince being Children makes us onlyHeirs through Hope, tis plain, being certainthat we are now the Children of God cangive us no abfolute Certainty of our Salva-tion : And therefore tis great Prefumptionto talk of Security. Our Certainty reachesto our prefcnt Condition, which is enoughto keep our Minds eafy and contented. OtherCertainty than this might make us remifs:This may encourage us to rim with Patiencethe Race that is before us, and to labour inthe Lord, knowing that our Labour fiall notbe in DISCOURSE / SJ ryucn Mn\xL ryip^ Mm^ fk^ ^S ^*y^ ^*^ )^*^ ^*5ec ^*^ s ^ k^jM( ^)eC?<f k^jH( ?5»^)^?« k^ji( ^ ^^]^^^^^: DISCOURSE IX. John xx. 30, 31. j4/jJ many other Signs truly did Jefus in thePrefence of his Difciplesy which are notwritten in this Book, But theje are written,that ye might believe that J ejus is the Chrijlthe Son of God, and that believing ye mighthave Life through his Name. ?0^§e^3^HESE Words ftand towardsl^^^e^f the Clofe of St. John^ Gofpcl,pi^ )^^ ad are by fome thought to ber^W^^^A the laft of* his own Writing:.They give us an Account 01the Nature of his Gofpel, and of his Endand Defign in publidiing it to the Apoftle does not pretend his Gofpel tobe a perfect and complete Narrative of allthat our Lord did whilH he ccnverfed among Men, 252 DISCOURSE IX. Men, not even of all the Miracles and Won-ders which he wrought in Confirmation ofhis Dodtrine: Many other Signs truly didy^fiiSy — which are n
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