Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

Fourthly, The fourth thing considerable is the perfection of it: This holy fruit is never fully ripe till the day of Judgment. Repent that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, saith St. Peter, Acts 3.19. The day of Judgment is to a believer a time of refreshing: then there will be no more scorches from the fiery Law, no more stings from the old Serpent, no more guilt inflaming the Conscience, no more frowns from the holy God; but a pure, sweet refrigeration breathed out from his gracious presence. Caspar Olevian, in his last sickness,¹ was in ineffable joys, so that he seemed to be in prato elegantissimo roar perfusus coelesti: in a most sweet meadow, with an heavenly dew distilling down upon him. Such reviving refrigerations believers have sometimes here; much more transcendent will their divine refreshments be at the last day. The top-stone of Justification shall be then laid on to make it complete, as may appear by the ensuing Considerations.

Fourthly, The fourth thing considerable is the perfection of it: This holy fruit is never fully ripe till the day of Judgment. Repent that your sins may be blotted out, when the times of refreshing shall come from the presence of the Lord, saith St. Peter, Acts 3.19. The day of Judgment is to a believer a time of refreshing: then there will be no more scorches from the fiery Law, no more stings from the old Serpent, no more guilt inflaming the Conscience, no more frowns from the holy God; but a pure, sweet refrigeration breathed out from his gracious presence. Caspar Olevian, in his last sickness,¹ was in ineffable joyes, so that he seemed to be in prato elegantissimo rore perfusus coelesti: in a most sweet meadow, with an heavenly dew distilling down upon him. Such reviving refrigerations believers have sometimes here; much more transcendent will their divine refreshments be at the last day. The top-stone of Justification shall be then laid on to make it compleat, as may appear by the ensuing Considerations.

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