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•or He that wrought us, for this self-same Thing is God▪ The Greek word, used there, is the same that the LXX use for the Curious works about the Tabernacle. When Bezaleel had neatly wrought a Board, for to be set up in the Silver Sockets of the Tabernacle, he would not throw it away among the Rubbish. Man! ⟨p. 27⟩If thou hast a Well wrought Soul within thee, God will Receive it, and Advance, and Improve it, in His House for ever. A Work of Grace produced by the Spirit of God, upon the Spirits of men, is a sure Token, of His purpose to bestow a State of Glory upon them, at their Departure from their Bodies. The primitive Martyrs were bidden, in 1 Pet. 4.19. To Commit the keeping of their Souls unto God, as unto a Faithful Creator. But it is probable, the New Creation Experienced by Renewed Soul, is especially therein referred unto. Has the Spirit of God, made a New Creature of thy Spirit? This will be a Demonstration, that the Lord Jesus Christ, ha's already Received thy Spirit, and that, when thou dost again Commit thy Spirit unto Him, He will Receive it. When we do, in our last Actions, Commit a Spirit, into the Hand of the Lord Jesus Christ, what is it for? It is that He may put an upper Garment of Glory upon that Spirit. But He will demand, Where is the under Garment of Grace upon it? If thou art without that Garment, He will doom thy Spirit unto outer Darkness, that is to say, (for Outer Darkness was the Name of the Prison a •ong the Jews,) He will make a Perpetual Imprisonment, the portion of thy Soul. Wherefore, let us Enquire diligently, into the Signs of a New-born Soul upon us, before we come to Dy. Woe to us, i• we are not Born Twice, before we Dye Once! Why should we incur this Desolation ⟨p. 28⟩upon our Souls, That when at last, we go to Commit them into the Hand of the Lord, He shall Reject them, and say, No, I know them not; They are none of mine; They are the Workers of Iniquity! The more certainly to prevent this Desolation, Let this one Comprehensive Duty of the New Creature, be often Renewed with you. Receive the Lord Jesus Christ into thy Soul, when He does Command it of thee, and the Lord Jesus Christ will Receive thy Soul into Heaven, when thou dost at last Commit it unto Him. As Jotham said, in