• Of whom are the Fathers, and of whom concerning the Flesh Chrift came, who is God over all, bleffed for ever. Amen. Rom. ix. 5.

Kifs the Son, left he be angry, and ye perish from the right Way. When his Wrath is kindled but a little, blessed are all they that put their Trust in him. Pfalm ii. the last • Verfe.

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The Lord faid unto my Lord, Sit thou on my Righthand, until I make thine Enemies thy Footstool. Pfalm cx. • firft Verfe,

• And he fell to the Earth, and heard a Voice, saying unto him, Saul, Saul, why perfecuteft thou me? And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord faid, I am Jefus, whom thou perfecuteft; it is hard for thee to kick against the Pricks. Lets ix. 4, 5.

Now the fame Jefus Chrift, our Lord and our God, even the Father, which hath loved us, and hath given us ever• lasting Salvation, and good Hope, through Grace, stablish you in every good Work. 2 Theff. ii. the two last Verses.

And did all eat the fame fpiritual Meat, and did all drink the fame fpiritual Drink; for they drank of that fpiritual • Rock that followed them, and that Rock was Chrift. Nei⚫ther let us tempt Chrift as fome of them tempted him, and were deftroyed of Serpents. 1 Cor. x. 3, 4, 9.

• We know that an Idol is nothing in the World, and that ⚫ there is no other God but one; for though there be that are ⚫ called Gods, whether in Heaven or in Earth, as there be many Gods and many Lords, yet unto us there is but one "God, which is the Father, of whom are all Things, and we in him, and one Lord Jefus Chrift, and we by him. 1 Cor. • viii. 4, 5, 6.

For we preach not ourselves, but Chrift Jefus the Lord, and ourselves your Servants, for Jefus Sake; for God, that ⚫ commanded the Light to fhine out of Darkness, is he which hath fhined into our Hearts, to give the Light of the Knowledge of the Glory of God, in the Face of Jesus Christ. • 2 Cor. iv. 5, 6, 7.

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• For ye know the Grace of our Lord Jefus Chrift, that he being rich, for your Sakes became poor; that ye, through his Poverty, might be made rich. 2 Cor. viii. 9.

But our Converfation is in Heaven, from whence alfo we look for the Saviour, even the Lord Jefus Chrift, who fhall ⚫ change our vile Bodies, that they may be fashioned like unto his glorious Body, according to the working whereby he is able even to fubdue all Things unto himfelf. Phil. iii, the two laft Verses.

For ye are dead, and your Life is hid with Chrift in God; when Chrift, who is our Life, fhall appear, then shall ye alfo appear with him in Glory. Coloff. iii. 3, 4.

I would not (Brethren) have you ignorant concerning 'them which are afleep, that you forrow not, even as others, that have no Hope; for if we believe that Jefus is dead, and is rifen, even fo you which fleep in Jefus will God bring with him; for this, fay we unto you, by the Word " of the Lord, that we which live, and are remaining at the coming of the Lord, fhall not prevent them which fleep; for the Lord fhall defcend from Heaven with a Shout, and with the Voice of the Archangel, and with the Trumpet of God, and the Dead in Chrift fhall rise firft; then fhall we which live, and remain, be caught up with them also in the Clouds, and fo fhall we be ever with the Lord. Therefore • comfort yourselves one another with thefe Words. 1 Theff. iv. the last Verfe.

Now the very God of Peace fanctify you throughout, and I pray God that your whole Spirit, and Soul, and Body, may be kept blamelefs, unto the coming of our Lord Jefus Chrift. The Grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with you. • Amen. 1 The. v. 23, 28.

For it is a righteous Thing with God to recompence Tribulation to them that trouble you, and to you which are troubled, Reft with us; when the Lord Jefus fhall fhew • himself from Heaven with his mighty Angels, in flaming Fire, rendering Vengeance unto them which do not know God, and which obey not unto the Gofpel of our Lord Jefus • Chrift, which fhall be punished with everlafting Perdition, • from

from the Prefence of the Lord, and from the Glory of hist Power. 2 Theff. i. 6, 7, 8, 9.

I have fought a good Fight, and have finished my Course; I have kept the Faith, from henceforth is laid up for me the Crown of Righteoufnefs, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, fhall give me at that Day; and not to me only, but unto all them that love his appearing. 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8.

And if there be any other Thing that is not contrary to wholesome Doctrine, which is according to the glorious Gofpel of the bleffed God, which is committed unto me. There•fore I thank him, which hath made me ftrong, that is, Christ Jefus our Lord; for he counted me faithful, and put me in •his Service. Nevertheless for this Caufe was I received to Mercy, that Chrift fhould firft fhew me all Long-fuffering, unto the Example of them which fhould in Time to come believe him, unto eternal Life. Now unto the King everlafting, immortal, invisible, to God, only wife, be Honour and Glory, for ever and ever. Amen. 1 Tim. i. Part of 10, 11, 12, 16, and 17 Verfes.

For bodily Exercife profiteth little, but Godliness is pro'fitable unto all Things which hath the Promise of the Life prefent, and of that which is to come. This is a true Saying, and by all Means worthy be received; for therefore we labour, and are rebuked, because we trust in the living God, which is the Saviour of all Men, especially of those that be lieve. 1 Tim. iv. 8, 9, 10.

And without Controverfy, great is the Mystery of Godli nefs, which is God manifefted in the Flefh, juftified in the Spirit, feen of Angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the World,, received up into Glory. 2 Tim. iii. the • last Verse,

• At fundry Times, and in divers Manners, God fpake in ⚫ the old Time unto our Fathers by the Prophets. In these laft Days he hath spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath made Heir of all Things; by whom alfo he made the World; who being the Brightnefs of his Glory, and the en' graven Form of his Perfon, and bearing up all Things by his mighty Word, hath by himself purged our Sins, and fitteth at the Right-hand of the Majefty on high, in the

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highest Places; and is made fo much the more excellent than the Angels, inafmuch as he hath obtained a more excellent • Name than they: For unto which of the Angels faid he, at any Time, Thou art my Son, this Day begot I thee? And again; I will be his Father, and he fhall be my Son. Again, • When he bringeth in his firft-begotten Son into the World, he faith, Let all the Angels of God worship him. And of the Angels he faith, He makes the Spirits his Meffengers, and his Minifters a Flame of Fire; but unto the Son he faith, Oh God, thy Throne is for ever and ever; the Scepter of thy Kingdom is a Scepter of Righteousness; thou haft loved Righteoufnefs, and hated Iniquity; therefore God, even thy "God, hath anointed thee with the Oil of Gladnefs above thy Fellows. And thou, Lord, in the Beginning, haft establish'd the Earth, and the Heavens are the Works of thy Hands. • Hebrews i. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.

• But we see Jefus crowned with Glory and Honour, which was made a little inferior to the Angels, through the Sufferings of Death, that, by God's Grace, he might tafte • Death for all Men. It became him, for whom are all Things, • and by whom are all Things, feeing that he brought many • Children unto Glory, that he fhould confecrate the Prince ⚫ of their Salvation, through Afflictions. Heb. ii. 9, 10.

⚫ And he fhall divide the Spoil with the Strong, because he ⚫ hath poured out his Soul unto Death. Ifaiab liii. Part of the • 12th Verse.

For whether we live, we live unto the Lord; or whether we die, we die unto the Lord; whether we live therefore, or • die, we are the Lord's: For Chrift therefore died, and rofe again, that he might be Lord both of the Dead and Quick. • Rom. xiv. 8, 9.

And all Flefh fhall know, that I, the Lord, am thy Sa•viour and thy Redeemer, the mighty one of Jacob. Ifaiah xlix. the laft Verfe.

Looking unto Jefus, the Author and Finifher of our Faith, who, for the Joy that was fet before him, endured the Crofs, ⚫ defpised the Shame, and is fet at the Right-hand of the Throne of God. Heb. xii. 2.

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Wherefore, seeing we receive a Kingdom, which cannot be fhaken, let us have Grace, whereby we may fo ferve 'God, that we may please him with Reverence and Fear; for our God is a confuming Fire, and a jealous God. Heb. xii.

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and we are in Jefus Chrift, 1 John, laft

And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us a Mind to know him, who is true, him which is true; that is, in that his Son the fame is the very God, and eternal Life. Chapter, 20, 21.

Now unto him that is able to keep you, that you fall not, and to present you faultlefs, before the Prefence of his Glory, with Joy; that is, to God, only wife, our Saviour, be Glory and Majefty, and Dominion and Power, both now and for ever. Amen. Jude, the laft Verfe.

Lift up your Heads, oh ye Gates! be ye lift up, ye everlafting Doors! and the King of Glory fhall come in. Who is this King of Glory? It is the Lord, ftrong in Battle, even the Lord, mighty in Battle. Lift up your Heads, oh ye Gates! and be ye lift up yourselves, ye everlafting Doors! and the King of Glory fhall come in. Who is the King of ¿ Glory? Even the Lord of Hofts, he is the King of Glory.

I beheld till the Thrones were fet up, and the Ancient of Days did fit, whofe Garment was white as Snow, and the Hair of his Head like pure Wool; his Throne was like fiery Flame, and his Wheels as burning Fire; a Stream iffued, ⚫ and came forth from before him; thousand Thousands miniftred unto him, and ten thousand Thousands stood before him. The Judgment was fet, and the Books were opened: I beheld, and the fame Horn made Battle against the Saints, yea, and prevailed against them, until the Ancient of Days came, and Judgment was given to the Saints of the Moft High, and the Time approached that the Saints poffeffed the Kingdom. Daniel vii. 9, 10, 21, 22.

Behold he cometh with Clouds, and every Eye fhall fee him, even they which pierced him through, and all Kindreds of the Earth fhall wail before him, even so. Amen, I • am Alpha and Omega, the Beginning and the Ending, faith

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