. Discourses on various subjects, by the late Reverend John Leland, : with a preface, giving some account of the life, character, and writings of the Author. , and therefore will not failto punifh the obftinate Defpifers of hisAuthority and Laws. Thofe who are fobafe and difingenuous as to continue inSin becaufe Grace hath abounded, fliallfind in the liTue that abufed Goodnefs is themoil dreadful Thing in the World, By-wilful Impenitency and Difobedience wefhall fhut up our Souls againft the Liflu-ences and Irradiations of the fupreme Loveand Goodnefs. And then, though God beinfinitely go
. Discourses on various subjects, by the late Reverend John Leland, : with a preface, giving some account of the life, character, and writings of the Author. , and therefore will not failto punifh the obftinate Defpifers of hisAuthority and Laws. Thofe who are fobafe and difingenuous as to continue inSin becaufe Grace hath abounded, fliallfind in the liTue that abufed Goodnefs is themoil dreadful Thing in the World, By-wilful Impenitency and Difobedience wefhall fhut up our Souls againft the Liflu-ences and Irradiations of the fupreme Loveand Goodnefs. And then, though God beinfinitely good, we ihall be miferable, wefhall banifli ourfelves from the Joys of hisbeatific Prefence, and fhall draw downupon us the moft awful EfFeds of hisrighteous Difpleafure. It is only in aCpurfe of fincere Piety and Virtue that we can 282 DISCOURSE XIV. can hope to be admitted to the facred In-timacies of Communion with the God ofLove, and may, upon good Grounds, lookforv^ard with Joy to that glorious Statewhere infinite Love fhall take us into itsneareft Embraces, and we ihall be perfedt-ly happy in the immediate Vifion and Frui«tion of God to all On On the Truth and Faithfulnefs ofGod. DISCOURSE XV. Psalm cxvii. 2» T!he Truth of the Lord endureth for ye the Lord, THE Attributes and Perfeftions qfGod furnifh a Subjedl for our Me-ditations, which is both in itfelf the moflnoble and glorious that can enter into theMind of Man, and is alfo of the higheftUfe. Efpecially it is of great Advantageto us frequently to turn our Thoughts andViews to his moral Attributes and Ex-cellencies, the Contemplation of whichnot only tends to fiU our Minds with an Efteem 284 DISCOURSE XV. Efteem and Admiration of the Deity, butto form us into his Image and Refem-blance, in which the higheft Glory andFelicity of the reafonable Nature dothconfift. And among Gods moral Attri-butes and Excellencies his Goodnefs andTruth are eminently confpicuous, and ac-cordingly they are frequent
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