Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulness of sin. The life…Three treatises of the vanity of the creature. The sinfulnesse of sinne. The life…

he would never have given me any dram of Christs Spirit to carry to hell, or to be burnt with me. No man will throw his jewels into a sink, or cast his pearls under the feet of swine: certainly God will send none of his own graces into Hell, nor suffer any sparkle of his own holiness and divine nature to be cast away in that lake of forgetfulness. If He have begun these good works in me, He will fish them in his own time; and I will wa•e upon him and expect the Salvation of the Lord. Thirdly, to ^aterry and […] the Soul, with a fearful expectation of fiery […] and execution of the curse. In stead whereof the soul is calmed with a spiritual serenity and ⟨p. 407⟩^bpeace, which is the beginning of Gods Kingdom, armed with a sweet security, and ^cLion-like boldness, against all the powers and assaults of Men or Angels; crowned and refreshed with the ^djoy of Faith, with the first fruits of the Spirit, with the clusters of the Heavenly Canaan, with the earnest of its inheritance, with the prefruition and preapprehension of Gods presence and Glory. This is the Life of Righteousness which we have from Christ; ^e[Greek or Hebrew] a Redemption and deliverance from sin and the Law; ^fand [Greek or Hebrew], a Privilege, right and interest in the purchased possession.

he would never have given me any dramme of Christs Spirit to carry to hell, or to be burnt with me. No man will throw his jewels into a sinke, or cast his pearles under the feete of swine: certainely God will send none of his owne graces into Hell, nor suffer any sparkle of his owne holynesse and divine nature to be cast away in that lake of forgetfulnesse. If He have begun these good works in me, He will fi•sh them in his owne time; and I will wae upon him and expect the Salvation of the Lord. Thirdly, to