Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachi the…Religion our true interest, or, Practical notes upon the third chapter of Malachy the…

And that which may raise the comfort of the godly higher, and cause a jubilation of Spirit is, that shortly God will own his people before all the world, and say, these are mine. At present the elect are not known, 1 John 3.2. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. The Saints are like Kings in disguise; ⟨p. 172⟩but how will their hearts leap for joy, when God shall pronounce that word, these are mine; These the lot of Free-grace is fallen upon, these shall lye for ever in the Bosom of my love.

And that which may raise the comfort of the godly higher, and cause a jubilation of Spirit is, that shortly God will own his people before all the world, and say, these are mine. At present the elect are not known, 1 Iohn 3.2. It doth not yet appear what we shall be. The Saints are like Kings in disguise; ⟨p. 172⟩but how will their hearts leap for joy, when God shall pronounce that word, these are mine; These the lot of Free-grace is fallen upon, these shall lye for ever in the Bosom of my love.

¹To all who are yet strangers to God: Labour to get into Covenant with him that he may say, ye are mine. Why doth God woo and beseech you by his Ambassadors, if he were not willing to be in Covenant?

¹To all who are yet strangers to God: Labour to get into Covenant with him that he may say, ye are mine. Why doth God woo and beseech you by his Ambassadours, if he were not willing to be in Covenant?

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