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…

3. Such as are Fearers of God, he will receive their Petitions from them as a Father doth from his Son; they ⟨p. 201⟩may come boldly to the throne of Grace, Heb. 4.16. If they come for pardon of sin, strength against Temptation, God will not deny them. Three things may cause boldness in prayer; the Saints have a Father to pray to, and the Spirit to help them to pray, and Jesus Christ as their Advocate to present their Prayers.

4. Such as are Fearers of God, God will bestow an Inheritance upon them, as a Father doth upon his Son: this Inheritance is no less than a Kingdom, Luke 12.32. In it are Gates of Pearl, Rivers of Pleasure: and which is to be noted as a difference between Gods settling an Inheritance on his Children, and a Fathers settling an Inheritance: a Son cannot enjoy the Inheritance till his Father be dead; but every adopted child of God may at once enjoy both the Inheritance and the Father, because God is both Father and Inheritance^*.

4. Such as are Fearers of God, God will bestow an Inheritance upon them, as a Father doth upon his Son: this Inheritance is no less than a Kingdom, Luke 12.32. In it are Gates of Pearl, Rivers of Pleasure: and which is to be noted as a difference between Gods setling an Inheritance on his Children, and a Fathers setling an Inheritance: a Son cannot enjoy the Inheritance till his Father be dead; but every adopted child of God may at once enjoy both the Inheritance and the Father, because God is both Father and Inheritance^*