Ouranos kai tartaros= heaven and hell epitomized. The true Christian characterized. As also an…

There are two thing which should be of highest regard with us, a serviceable life, and a comfortable death; and they are both so inseparably conjoined, that in vain do we hope for the one without the other; which of these is to be preferred, was a doubt, which put the Apostle to an Anxious disquisition; on the one side there was service, on the other side there was gain; if he lived he should preach Christ; if he dyed he should enjoy Christ; and remain with him for ever; therefore Paul was at a stand, and knew not what to determine; Surely he had an holy heart that could thus set duty against enjoyment, and ⟨image 9⟩think his service worthy to come into competition with his spiritual and eternal interests! that which made Paul so indifferent and incurious, as to the means, was the resolved fixing of his scope, his end & scope was Christs glory▪ now 'twas all one to him how God would use him to such a purpose, as a man that is resolved upon a journey, taketh the way as he findeth it, fair or foul, tis enough that it leadeth him to his journeys end; so Christ might be glorified, either by his Ministry; or by martyrdom, Paul was indifferent, 'twas enough that Christ should be glorified; none have such an unfeigned respect to Christs glory, but those that live in the communion of his life; mens tendency is according to the principle by which they are acted, carnal men that act by their own life, and live upon their own root, bring forth fruit to ⟨image 9⟩themselves; water riseth no higher than its fountain; but those that have life from Christ use it for him, to them to live is Christ, as they live in him and by him, so they live for him and to him. We need then to take all occasions to press men to get into Christ, that they may live in the communion of his life, and in the strength and influence of it be carried out to his glory; this is that which will make life serviceable, and death sweet; and to this we need to be pressed by all kind of arguments, both those which are taken from Gods relation to us; as also those which are taken from our expectations from him,