Beloved, We loose unutterably for want of considering, for want of viewing our own Privileges, and Blessedness. O Man, is Christ thine, and yet dost thou live at a low rate and Comfort? Is thy Name written in heaven, and yet dost thou not rejoice? Shall the Children of the Kingdom, the Candidates of Glory, the chosen Generation, the Royal Priesthood, be like other men? O Christians, Remember who and whence you are, consider your Obligations, put on a better pace; •stir your selves, run and wrestle, and be strong for the Lord of Hosts (and earnestly, yet peaceably) contend for the Faith once delivered to his Saints; What shall we make nothing of all that God hath said and done for us? O Christians, shall he that hath gotten an enriching Office boast of his Booty? or he that hath obtained the Kings Patent for an Earldom, glory in his Riches and Honour? And shall the Grant of Heaven signify little with thee? Or Christs Patent for thy Son-ship and Partnership with himself be like a Cypher? Shall Hamon come home from the Banquet with a glad heart, and glorying in the greatness of his Riches, the multitude of his Children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him above the Princes? And shall we turn over our Bibles and read the Promises, and find it under Gods own hand, that he intends the Kingdom for us, that he will be a Father to us, that he gives and grants all his infinite perfections to us, and yet not be moved? Beloved Christians, live like your selves, let the Word see that the Promises of God, and Privileges of the Gospel are not empty sounds, or a mere Crack. Let the Heavenly cheerfulness and the restless diligence, and the holy raisedness of your Conversations prove the reality, excellency, and beauty of your Religion to the World. Forget not your Prisoner. Labour earnestly for me in your Prayers, who am night and day labouring and suffering for you. I can never bless God enough for his most tender & indulgent care for you, which appears so wonderfully in his Fatherly Protection, and his Fatherly Provision. See that you receive not the Crace of God in vain. Remember with ⟨p. 64⟩trembling, that of our Lord, To whom much is given of him much shall be required. With my most dear loves to you all, I commend you to your Father and my Father, your God and my God, remaining
Beloved, We loose unutterably for want of considering, for want of viewing our own Priviledges, and Blessedness. O Man, is Christ thine, and yet dost thou live at a low rate and Comfort? Is thy Name written in heaven, and yet dost thou not rejoyce? Shall the Children of the Kingdom, the Candidates of Glory, the chosen Generation, the Royal Priesthood, be like other men? O Christians, Remember who and whence you are, consider your Obligations, put on a better pace; •stir your selves, run and wrestle, and be strong for the Lord of Hosts (and earnestly, yet peaceably) contend for the Faith once delivered to his Saints; What shall we make nothing of all that God hath said and done for us? O Christians, shall he that hath gotten an inriching Office boast of his Booty? or he that hath obtained the Kings Patent for an Earldome, glory in his Riches and Honour? And shall the Grant of Heaven signifie little with thee? Or Christs Patent for thy Son-ship and Partnership with himself be like a Cypher? Shall Hamon come home from the Banquet with a glad heart, and glorying in the greatness of his Riches, the multitude of his Children, and all the things wherein the King had promoted him above the Princes? And shall we turn over our Bibles and read the Promises, and find it under Gods own hand, that he intends the Kingdom for us, that he will be a Father to us, that he gives and grants all his infinite perfections to us, and yet not be moved? Beloved Christians, live like your selves, let the Word see that the Promises of God, and Priviledges of the Gospel are not empty sounds, or a meer Crack. Let the Heavenly cheerfulness and the restless diligence, and the holy raisedness of your Conversations prove the reality, excellency, and beauty of your Religion to the World. Forget not your Prisoner. Labour earnestly for me in your Prayers, who am night and day labouring and suffering for you. I can never bless God enough for his most tender & indulgent care for you, which appears so wonderfully in his Fatherly Protection, and his Fatherly Provision. See that you receive not the Crace of God in vain. Remember with ⟨p. 64⟩trembling, that of our Lord, To whom much is given of him much shall be required. With my most dear loves to you all, I commend you to your Father and my Father, your God and my God, remaining
