Sermons on the following subjects ... . God bejl:ed abroadin our hearts j if we have a well-groundedperfuafion and comfortable fenfe of Gods loveto us; if we have good reafon to fay of Chrifi:,that he loved us a?id gave hi mfelf for us, and areconfcious that our afFe(5lion to God and Chrifi: * John xiv. 21—23. S 2 is 26o Communion with God, ^c. Serm. ii, is fincere and fupreme ; How naturally willour thoughts afcend to both? How happyfhall we think ourlslves in the knowledge ofthem ? And how earneftly defirous of all thofecommunications of grace and mercy fromGod and Chrift, which the gofpel e
Sermons on the following subjects ... . God bejl:ed abroadin our hearts j if we have a well-groundedperfuafion and comfortable fenfe of Gods loveto us; if we have good reafon to fay of Chrifi:,that he loved us a?id gave hi mfelf for us, and areconfcious that our afFe(5lion to God and Chrifi: * John xiv. 21—23. S 2 is 26o Communion with God, ^c. Serm. ii, is fincere and fupreme ; How naturally willour thoughts afcend to both? How happyfhall we think ourlslves in the knowledge ofthem ? And how earneftly defirous of all thofecommunications of grace and mercy fromGod and Chrift, which the gofpel encouragesus to hope for, and which may reafonably beexpeded, as the happy confequence of thisour acquaintance and fellowfhip with Godand Chrift — with God, who is able to do forus exceeding abundant above all we can ajk orthinks who is our reconciled God and Father;and with Chrift, who purchafed by his deathall the blelTings of eternal redemption for us,and who is able and willing tofaveto the uttermojiall that come to God by SERMON [ 26l ] SERMON XII. Of the Foundation of this great Privilege, I John i. 3. ^hat which we have feen and heard^ declare weunto yoUj that ye may alfo have fellowfiip withus; and truly our fellowjhip is with the Father^and with his Son Jefus Chrift, T N the preceding difcourfe on thefewords, 1 I. Explained the nature o^ i\\i^ fellowjhip otcommunion with God the Father, andwith Chrift, which is the common privi-lege of all Chrijlians. And II. I in part confidered the foundation ofthis great privilege. It is founded inknowledgey it \^ firengthened and confirmedby faith, and it is firmly Co7ine5led andclofely ceme7itedhy affeBion, Further, This fellowfhip of all (incere Chriftianswith the Father and with the Son, ChriftJefus, implies a fimilitude of nature, and alamenefs of mind and difpofition, and be- S 3 comes 262 Foundation of this great Privilege. Scrm. 12* comes more intire and delightful to them, astheir conformity to God, and their refem
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