Christian directions, showing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…Christian directions, shewing how to walk with God all the day long drawn up…

V. Labour to clear up thine Evidences for Heaven, that thou mayest upon good ground be able to say with the Apostle Paul, ¹I know that when the earthly house of this tabernacle is dissolved, I shall have a building with God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens. The Scripture layeth down sundry clear evidences of a true right and title unto Heaven, which who so finds in himself, may rest assured of a blessed life after this; I shall instance only in one, which indeed is the principal of all, and a very comprehensive one, viz. Faith in Jesus Christ, which we find often set down in Scripture,² as a sure evidence for Heaven, for saith our Saviour, God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, ⟨p. 71⟩that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life; and saith John Baptist, ³He that believeth on the Son hath everlasting life; i. e. he is as sure of it, as if he were in actual possession of it.

V. Labour to clear up thine Evidences for Heaven, that thou maist upon good ground be able to say with the Apostle Paul, ¹I know that when the earthly house of this tabernacle is dissolved, I shall have a building with God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the Heavens. The Scripture layeth down sundry clear evidences of a true right and title unto Heaven, which who so finds in himself, may rest assured of a blessed life after this; I shall instance only in one, which indeed is the principal of all, and a very comprehensive one, viz. Faith in Iesus Christ, which we find often set down in Scripture,² as a sure evidence for Heaven, for saith our Saviour, God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotton Son, ⟨p. 71⟩that whosoever beleeveth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life; and saith Iohn Baptist,