ry: To which they only are Admitted, who with faithful Care and Application, have Improv'd the Talents committed to their Truft. The reft are Doom'd to outer Darkness.

X. We have Confider'd it, as a Royal Marriage, yielding matter of unknown Refreshment: From which will be excluded all that Indulge to Sleep and Sloth ; and busy not themfelves in getting Grace, and doing good Works; ftill Waiting, and Watching for the heavenly Bridegroom's Coming.

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XI. We have Confider'd it, as the richest Prize; which they only go away with, who take heed to fteer aright; ftretch hard, to run with Speed and Perfe- . verance in the Courfe.

XII. We have Confider'd it, as a Crown; the Crown of Life and Glory, which they alone fhall win and wear, who keep the Faith, and work Righteoufnefs; and in ftoutly Fighting for Maftery, Overcome the Enemy.

Look which way thou wilt then, and under what Notion foever thou takest the Heavenly Felicity, Thou wilt find, that it is not to be Obtained by thee, If thou do

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not put forth thy felf with all thy Powers of Mind and Body. And whoever would be for ever Happy, (which none in his Wits, can chufe but wifh,) He must shake off Sloth and Dulnefs: And for fuch a high and Glorious Reward, Gird himself in earnest to do all the Good he is Commanded, and to Bear all the Evil, to which he is Called. Preferring no Affairs of the prefent World, to this grand Concern for the World to come. And ftill keeping in mind the Apoftle's word; Acts 14. 22. That we muft, thro' much Tribulation, Enter into the Kingdom of God. And 'that of our Lord, Mat. 10. 22. 'Endureth to the End, shall be faved. And Rev. 2. 10. Be thou Faithful until Death; and I will give thee the Crown of Life.

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The Tranflator's Annimadverfion and Refolution, upon a Review of the Premifes.

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HUS have I laid open a Light fhining in a dark place, and not only done Justice to an Adversary, but endeavour'd to make him Friendly to my Country. Where he comes armed with good and lawful Weapons, I prefs him in for Publick fervice; and as far as he rightly uses the force of his Wit, I cite him as an Evidence for the Truth. But as oft as he makes any Excurfions, wide of the way to that Blefjed Place which he defcribes; I let my Reader fee bow effectually the main Supporters of their Church's Infallibility can confute their own Pretenfions.

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Yet must I own a farther Defign which here I have, To find my own happy Account in the benefit of that gloricus Representation, whereof I give the Recommendation: That while I take pains to Allure and Win the Hearts of others, I may not abide still cold, or but Lukewarm my felf. When confcious I am, That no ones Concern in this matter can be greater than my own, To look out,and Pry into the End of our Faith, and fo to Fight the good Fight, as to Lay hold on Eternal Life.

For what a little while longer is it,my Soul, that I shall be an Inhabitant of this Earth, where fhortly my Place will never know me any more? And should not the main of my Care then be for the amazing Future, what fhall become of me elsewhere For ever, as foon as I am out of all here? Thus may Death come and Difpoffefs me, within a very few Days or Hours: And then, After Death the Judgment. So quickly may I know my Sentence, and find my Eternal State fix'd and Determin'd. But be it fo; yet chear up, my Soul, Tho' thou must pass that gloomy Vale, appointed for the Thoroughfare of all men Living. For does not that Grace of God which brings Salvation, (appearing to me, and conferr'd upon me,) give me boldness to Hope, (thro' bis Goodness who first gave me my Being, and bas, ever fince, most kindly chofen my Inheritance,) That even then, I shall be under no doleful

doleful Deftitution; But fet up Higher, and furnish'd abundantly Better than ever? To bave a certain Dwelling place, and an Everlasting Habitation: Even that House Eternal in the Heavens, full of all Good things, which will more Out-vye the ftatelieft Palaces of Nobles, and brightest Courts of Princes, than any of thofe can furpass the pooreft Cabins of Beggars: (A House) in that wonderful City, which is Greater and Wider than Mortal Eye can Take the Profpect; built of richer Materials than any our Gold or Jewels; and Peopled with Inhabitants yet more Precious than all the Buildings: And this City, in a Kingdom of immenfe Extent, and all over a Paradife of unconceivable Pleasure: Where every one of the Subjects are Kings, that live at perfect Eafe, and in Fulness of Joy, moft bighly Favoured, and dearly Loved by the Infinite Founder, God Bleffed for

ever.

But what do I thus Amusing my felf, and humouring my Genius with the Schemes of fuch noble Fabricks, boundless Territories, and fplendid Entertainments? When that of the Apoftle (pavepan) 1. Joh. 3. 2. ftrikes all our curious Inquifitions dead. For it does not yet Appear what we fhall be. No : Every Discovery here comes fo exceeding Short, as to leave the biggest part of all still to the dim Ken of Faith. Tea, even that which is call'd The Revelation of Jefus Chrift, does

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