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 content to become a curſe for us, that the bleſſing of Abraham might reſt upon us, O admire this love, which paſſeth knowledge.

4thly. See hence a noble antidote againſt a ſpirit of bondage unto fear. What is it that thou feareſt, O believer? Indeed, if thou ſin, thou may fear the rod of a father; for he will viſit thy tranſgreſſion with a rod, and thine iniquity with ſtripes: but art thou afraid of the vindictive wrath?, there is no ground for this Luke i. 74. He has delivered us out of the hands of our enemies, that we might ſerve him without fear: that is, without all ſervile or ſlaviſh fear of wrath. Art thou afraid of the tempeſts of Mount Sinai: there is no ground for that, for the ſtorm broke upon the head of the Surety; and therefore thou mayeſt ſing and ſay, as Iſa. xii. 1. Thou waſt angry with me, thine anger is turned away. Art thou afraid leſt thou be refuſed acceſs into the preſence-chamber? Improve this righteouſneſs by faith, and thou ſhalt ſee that this way to the holy of is opened, and get the banner of love diſplayed over thee. Whenever the poor believer takes the righteouſneſs of the Surety in the hand of faith, and holds it up unto God as the ranſom of his own finding, he is ſo well pleaſed with it, that his frowns are turned into ſmiles. In a word, you ſhall never get ride of a ſpirit of bondage, till you learn by faith to improve this law biding righteouſneſs; and then indeed legal fears and terrors do evaniſh like the darkness of the night, before the riſing of the ſun

Uſe ſecond of reproof, unto all thoſe who are ſeeking to exalt themſelves by righteouſneſs of