d 12, | 5s. h Such doing of good, and communicating to che Necetlities o Num!" Wi 0 poor Saints, are part of our Evangelical Sacrifices which God © r-Quireth of us, inſtead of the numerous lezal ones, and are attend- yl = 1n2 941, concomitant with, and ſinRtined by the one frve S:crince ; | ot! Cliriit ; and being duiy terminated on him, 2coordme to his Law, thov are hichiy pleatinz, and acveptali'e to Gr, vet fomerimes
preſerve and protec yeur Natural Life, and not unto thoſe ſpiritual Watchers; lee God's Charge ziven to them, 4&s 20. 28, to 32, 2 Tim. 4.5. Rev. 3.2, 3. And God will exa& an Account of them for your Souls; and they muſt render it at a dear rate, Fz-b, 3. 17, to 22. and 33.*7,9. It 1s at their Peril if they are Faith-
| lets and neglect their Duty, an4 your Souls miſcarry, Matth. 13.
23. and 25. 14, 30. / That they may do not only their Work cheartully and comfortably among You, but that they may give up their Account joytully about you to God, when they have brouvht you home to him, 1 Theſ]. 2.- 15, 20. And which will be an eter- nal comfort unto you, 2 Thej. r. 7, 19. If you be difohediciit to them, though they will have their Reward for their Fidelity trom their Lord, vet with what Sizhs, Tears, Groans, Scrrow, and hea- vinels of Heart muſt they ſee their Labours, and your Souls lott. and to charge you before God with it? 2 Cor. 3. 15, 15. and 12, 21. m And what Damaze will both your Diſohedience to the Word o; God and them, and their Account of it to God, bring on your ſelves ? Will it then quit the Coſt to find your Puniſhment more in- tolerable than that of Sodom and Gomorrah, Matth. 10.18. and 11. 22, 24. when he will give you your Portion with Hypocrites, at th. 24. 51. and puniſh you with everlaſting DeſtruQion ? 2 Theſſ.1.7,8,5,
18 Pray 7x for us: For weo truſt we have a good Conſcience, in all things willing to live honeltly.
n The cloſing Duty becoming the Subjects of the Kinzdom of Chriſt, 1s Prayer, upon ſome ſpecial accounts, ver. 18, 15. that they would with their renewed Souls, influenced and affiited by the Spirit of Grace and Supplication, pour forth their Defires to Gal with Faith, Fervency, and Importunity for his vouchſafing to tie Apoſtle himſelf, for their ſpiritual Guides and Rulers, that ' tlie things tliey need, and God hath promiſed to them, «is to th-ir ſucceſsful courſe of their Miniſtry, may be beſtowed on them, which the Spirit ſpecineth elſewhere, 2 Cor. 3. 5,5. Ephe.. 5. 1e, I9, 20. Col. 4. 3, 4. 2 Theſſ. 3.1, 2. 6 He urpeth this on them, for that he was a fit Subjz& to be prayed for, whatever any miphkt accuſe, or charge him for rejefting 7udaiſm out of Sincularicy, Prejudice, or ſome evil Deſign; he aflures them frum the Spirit of God, that he had a rightly informed Confcicace, by Go@'s Word, and which teſtified his Innocency and Sincerity, and which did di- Rate and influence him to be communicating and prometins with all, and to all the Truth of the Goſpel ; and that his own Life and Converſation in the World, was agrecable to the Goſpel-Rule, in all Godlineſs and Honeſty, 4A&s 23. 1. and 24. 14. compare 1 Cv. 4. 4+ 2 Cor. I. I2,
19 But I beſeech you the rather p to do this, tha: [ may be reſtored to you the ſooner. |
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Him, and in Him with, and for Sinners, who ſhould repent and be- | at libert with whom. if he 1C6.. lieve in him, 7obn 10. 9, to 30, 1 Cor. 6. 11. Phil. 2. 7, 19. Tit. 2. you J 3 : RY thortly I will ſee
14. 1 Pet. 1. 18, 19. and to perfe& them with himſelf above, 1 Pet.
| : w He accuaints them with the good News of his diſmiſſins Tims. FA E ' 4 wg Power wherewith he was raiſed, perfeft you, &c. thy to thin: to acquaint them hon it fared with him, as he Sent
k ſed, and ſent Tychicus to the Coloſſians, Coloſ. 4. , 8. Epaphrodit
Ss. 5. * Make 4 bad perfect in every good work to do to the Philippians, Philip. 2. ws as he SS to poo, hos to. his will, | working s in you that which is well-pleaſing | Timuthy with them, v. 19, 23, 24. but he ſtopt him to ſec the iflue {Or, ding. in his light,chrough Jeſus Chriſt ; towhom 7 be glory of his appearance before Nero Ceſar , which being over, he diſpatch- tor ever and ever. Amen. eth him with an Account of it to theſe Hebrews ; and the reſt of the