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of love, and of power, and of a sound mind, he hath b^ Btowed upon ub, io b«at all tiine» present to our hc{]LrtK> In the vnlc of tears wc arc led to atfugg^e. but the rod aud staif uf the Lord Eustain us* With our HeDftual and worldly nature wc are lefl to cotileiid; hul he ihat is wilh n» is greater than all that can hv against U3»- Thu T^piritual nataro, dead in trespaasea and sins, he c|uic)cenctli, and fecdetht and then callcih upon it to contend for itaelfb Truly, to every one vf you who hearcth and knoweth his Gospel, ho hath done all this: his baptism is the token of your regeiieratiun, not your actual regeneration; but the token thereof, upon which you may apply and obtain the reality, HtsSpirit is thcrcbj" proffered to us. Truly you arc unwiUing to receive, God nnt unwilling to bestow: be declared hia wiUingneKs by the sign of baptism, in which hi^ holy name of Father wiis promiuiiced over you. In its elfecls, therefore the curae is removed: in iu brutalizing, soul-de£;radiug, spirit- killmg cfiectfl, it is removed. And being remov^ cd.whatthen i» labour? nothing but un endurance for a day. !ioon to be at an end ; a healthy recrea* tion necessary to the pre^oent constitution of our body, in which patriarchs and apostle?:, and phi- lo6ophers and patriots, hare pleasantly en^ged. The yoke is broken when it^ effects upon the in- ward man arc destroyed. And to you they are dcvtmyed, if you vrill receive Christ to be the second Adam, the leather of a fipiritual seed. And paradise, paradise tost, i« awaiting you: it stands liefore you with unfolded gatea; and time hastcneth past, and cterniiy prcparcth itself to roll on for cvcr< And the body loscth its strength 1090 THE CUIUi: AS TO KODfLir LABOVK, [Dit. for labour, and iu reUsb for sensual thiDgs; and both haste to an end; cind rest cometb, and re- freshment m the presence of God, andcverj' bless- ing of our first ))aretit», with every superattded blessing which ariseUi fr«m the sense of dungm pafit, from the glorious knowledf^e of redeemiDgf love, and from the sense of sulrittion, and deli- verance, and eternal safety. There arc many honrtng me that have servants and workmen m this vprv state which hath been ilescribeiU who have a Siivtour hi the (rtrs|K;l. aiid know not they have bini ; who have souls to be saved, and know not the way of galvation by the blood of Christ;— men who arc capable of all the holiness, and all the humility, and all the faith- fulness of Christians. What hindereth that you* who know better, inform them who