O my Soul, Rely by Faith upon God in Christ, for to be the God of my Children, according to His Covenant. The Covenant of Grace, is expressed unto Abraham, I will Establish an Everlasting Covenant, to be a God unto thee, and unto thy Seed after thee. Now, I am well assured, That the Blessing of Abraham, and this Blessed Covenant, is come upon the […] by Jesus Christ, But, I• the Great Cross ⟨p. 28⟩will be a God unto my Children, Triumph, O my Faith, in a joyful Assurance That He will Raise them from the Dead, and that He has prepared for them a Room in his Heavenly City. My Dead Christian are to Live again; They are only Entered into their Chambers, and Shut up, and Hidden, and for a Little moment, until the Indignation of God against a wicked world be […] pa•t. A […] God, the Regenerating and Enlivening Spirit of God •alling like a Dew upon them (which in their Baptism has been Scaled unto them) shall fetch them out like Herbs. at the Spring of the […] That Rational and Immortal Spirit, which the Inspiration of the Almighty Enkindled in them at their first Conception, is not annihilated at their Departure from hence. No, it goes to be with Jesus Christ, where to be, […] the […] of all. There is a Glorious Paradise, in which it is Lodged, until […] brought from thence at the Second […] of the Lord. Then the Children of mine, which now Dwell •n the […] shall Wake and be the Son […] like […] ⟨p. 29⟩shall not I comfort my self with these words: Lord, Thou hast bidden me.
In the mean Time, Let thy Faith persuade thee, O my Soul, That it is the Lord JESUS CHRIST, who Laid upon thee, such a Cross, as the Death of thy Children. The little Birds fall not unto the Ground, much less does one of thy Birds fall into the Ground by mere chance. 'Tis the Providence, a Wise, a just, a Faithful Providence of the Lord Jesus Christ, that has Ordered the Death of my Children, and it is the Lord that hath taken them away. Am not […] Disciple of the Lord, who for us Dyed upon the Cross! 'Tis fit, that I should then bear the Cross; and fit that He alone should choose my Cross. And if the Death of my Children must be my Cross, O my Faith, wilt thou not patiently submit unto this Cross; in hopes that it will at length yield unto me, the peaceable Fruits of Righteousness. Think, Oh, Think, What Eyes there are upon thee, to take Notice of thy Behaviour under the Cross.
O my Soul, Rely by Faith upon God in Christ, for to be the God of my Children, according to His Covenant. The Covenant of Grace, is expressed unto Abraham, I will Establish an Everlasting Covenant, to be a God unto thee, and unto thy Seed after thee. Now, I am well assured, That the Blessing of Abraham, and this Blessed Covenant, is come upon the 〈…〉 by Jesus Christ, But, I• the Great Cross ⟨p. 28⟩will be a God unto my Children, Triumph, O my Faith, in a joyful Assurance That He will Raise them from the Dead, and that He has prepared for them a Room in his Heavenly City. My Dead Christian are to Live again; They are only Entered into their Chambers, and Shut up, and Hidden, and for a Little moment, until the Indignation of God against a wicked world be 〈…〉 pa•t. A 〈…〉 God, the Regenerating and Enlivening Spirit of God •alling like a Dew upon them (which in their Baptism has been Scaled unto them) shall fetch them out like Herbs. at the Spring of the 〈…〉 That Rational and Immortal Spirit, which the Inspiration of the Almighty Enkindled in them at their first Conception, is not annihilated at their Departure from hence. No, it goes to be with Jesus Christ, where to be, 〈…〉 the 〈…〉 of all. There is a Glorious Paradise, in which it is Lodged, until 〈…〉 brought from thence at the Second 〈…〉 of the Lord. Then the Children of mine, which now Dwell •n the 〈…〉 shall Wake and be the Son 〈…〉 like 〈…〉 ⟨p. 29⟩shall not I comfort my self with these words: Lord, Thou hast bidden me.
In the mean Time, Let thy Faith perswade thee, O my Soul, That it is the Lord JESUS CHRIST, who Laid upon thee, such a Cross, as the Death of thy Children. The little Birds fall not unto the Ground, much less does one of thy Birds fall into the Ground by meer chance. 'Tis the Providence, a Wise, a just, a Faithful Providence of the Lord Jesus Christ, that has Ordered the Death of my Children, and it is the Lord that hath taken them away. Am not 〈…〉 Disciple of the Lord, who for us Dyed upon the Cross! 'Tis fit, that I should then bear the Cross; and fit that He alone should chuse my Cross. And if the Death of my Children must be my Cross, O my Faith, wilt thou not patiently submit unto this Cross; in hopes that it will at length yield unto me, the peaceable Fruits of Righteousness. Think, Oh, Think, What Eyes there are upon thee, to take Notice of thy Behaviour under the Cross.
