Of Communion with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost

To return then. It is not I suppose any difficult task, to persuade men convinced of Immortality and judgement to come, that the main of their Wisdom lies in this, even to find out such a Righteousness as will accompany them for ever, and abide the severe trial of God himself. Now all the Wisdom of the world is but folly, as to the discovery of this thing. The utmost that mans Wisdom can do, is but to find out most wretched, burdensome, and vexatious ways of perishing eternally. All the treasures of this Wisdom are hid in Christ, He of God is made unto us Wisdom, and Righteousness, 1 Cor. 1. 30.

To returne then. It is not I suppose any difficult taske, to perswade men convinced of Immortality and judgement to come, that the maine of their Wisdome lyes in this, even to find out such a Righteousnes as will accompany them for ever, and abide the severe triall of God himself. Now all the Wisdome of the world is but folly, as to the discovery of this thing. The utmost that mans Wisdome can doe, is but to find out most wretched, burthensome, and vexatious wayes of perishing eternally. All the treasures of this Wisdome are hid in Christ, He of God is made unto us Wisdome, and Righteousnes, 1 Cor. 1. 30.

3. Come we to the last thing which I shall but touch upon, §. 34 and that is Judgement: The true Wisdom of this also is hid in the Lord Christ; I mean in particular that Judgement that is for to come; so at present I take the word in that place. Of what concernment this is to us to know, I shall not speak; It ⟨p. 118⟩is that, whose ^minfluence upon the sons of men, is the principle of their discriminating themselves from the beasts that perish Neither shall I insist on the ⁿ