Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

Seventhly, You are the living stones of the Temple, 1 Pet. 2. 5. Thou art cut out of the common quarry with others, as rugged a stone as the rest: but thee hath God pitched upon and chosen to be a polished stone for his own building. When God hath left others he hath pitched on thee. Christian, it little matters though thou art undervalued of men; yet ⟨p. 115⟩herein God hath honoured thee, those that men rejected God hath made the chief of the building.

Seventhly, You are the living stones of the Temple, 1 Pet. 2. 5. Thou art cut out of the common quarry with others, as rugged a stone as the rest: but thee hath God pitched upon and chosen to be a polished stone for his own building. VVhen God hath left others he hath pitched on thee. Christian, it little mat•rs though thou art undervalued of men; yet ⟨p. 115⟩herein God hath honored thee, those that men rejected God hath made the chief of the building.

Now put all this together and see whether God hath not done much for you, you are the election of grace, the first born of God, the first fruits of the Creation, the remnant of escape, the Burgesses of heaven, the members of Christ, the living stones of the Temple. O whence should God have praise if not from you? who should lift up his name if not you? but,

Now put all this together and see whether God hath not done much for you, you are the election of grace, the first born of God, the first fruites of the Creation, the remnant of escape, the Burgesses of heaven, the members of Christ, the living stones of the Temple. O whence should God have praise if not from you? who should lift up his name if not you? but,