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3. I say not, it is the duty of all to have assurance in what degree soever, but it is the duty of all to labour for assurance in the highest degree; not to labour for assurance, argues a defect of love to God; true love can rest in nothing short of assurance; and even this may sustain the soul till assurance comes.

4. Therefore I say, let not thy want of assurance be the fruit of thy sloth, do not continue without assurance, for want of holy industry in the pursuit of it, for want of giving all diligence (as the text saith) to make thy calling and election sure; and thy want of assurance need not discourage thee from taking a full and frequent prospect of heavens glory; let God bear witness to thy Conscience, that assurance is thy design, and that you are not voluntarily and habitually wanting to God and your selves, as to the pursuit of that design, in a concurrent use of all those mediums which God hath sanctified for the attainment thereof and you may with as much boldness and confidence get within the veil, and there take a full prospect of the upper Canaan Northward, Southward, Eastward, Westward, in all the dimensions of it, as God once spake to Abraham, Gen. 13.14. concerning the ••ather Canaan, ⟨p. 123⟩and with the same promise, All the land, all the glory which thou seen, to thee will I give it for ever — I say, with as much boldness, as if thou hadst got the plerophory of faith, and were already sealed with the Spirit of promise to the day of redemption; and who knows, but in the same Chariot wherein Love ascends into Heaven, Assurance may come down from heaven, and or ever thou art aware, thy soul may make thee like the Chariots of Amminadib!

4. Therefore I say, let not thy want of assurance be the fruit of thy sloth, do not continue without assurance, for want of holy industry in the pursuit of it, for want of giving all diligence (as the text saith) to make thy calling and election sure; and thy want of assurance need not discourage thee from taking a full and frequent prospect of heavens glory; let God bear witness to thy Conscience, that assurance is thy design, and that you are not voluntarily and habitually wanting to God and your selves, as to the pursuit of that design, in a concurrent use of all those mediums which God hath sanctified for the attainment thereof and you may with as much boldness and considence get within the vail, and there take a full prospect of the upper Canaan Northward, Southward, Eastward, Westward, in all the dimensions of it, as God once spake to Abraham,