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21. And having an HIGH PRIEST Over the House of God: 22. Let us draw near with a true Heart, in full Affurance of FAITH, having our Hearts fprinkled from an evil Confcience, and our Bodies wathed with pure Water.

23. Let us HOLD FAST the Profellion of our FAITH without wavering (for he is FAITHFUL that promited)

1 John iii. 23. And this is his COMMANDMENT, that we should believe on the Name of his son Jefus Chrift, and LOVE one another, as he gave us Commandment.

Chap. v. 5. Who is he that overcometh the World, but he that believeth that Jefus is the Son of GOD.

CHRIST Comforteth his Difciples with the Hope of Heaven, profeffetb bimfelf the Way, the Truth, and the Life, and One with the Father.

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Ver. 2. HOUSE are many this Body, yet in my Flesh shall I N. (b) my Father's (6) 20. A Skin Worms deftroy

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MANSIONS; if it were not fo, I would have told I you: I to prepare a Place for you. 3. And if I go and prepare a Place for you, I will come again, and receive you unto my felf; that where I am, there ye may be alfo.

4. And whither I go ye know, and the Way ye know. 5. Thomas faith unto him, Lord, we know not whither thou goest, and how can we know the Way?

6. Fefus faith unto him, I am the WAY, and the TRUTH, and the LIFE: no Man cometh unto the Father but by me.

7. If ye had known me, ye fhould have known my Father alfo and from henceforth ye know him, and have feen him.

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8. Philip faith unto him, Lord,

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27. Whom I fhall fee for my felf, and mine EYES fhall behold, and not another, though my Reins be confumed within me.

Pfal. xvi. 11. Thou wilt fhew Prefence is FULNESS of Joy, at thy me the PATH of LIFE: in thy right Hand there are Pleasures for

evermore.

me by thy Counfel, and afterward P. Ixxiii. 24. Thou shalt guide receive me into GLORY.

25. Whom have I in Heaven but thee? and there is none upon Earth that I defire befides thee.

26. My Flesh and my Heart faileth, but God is the Strength of my Heart and my PORTION for ever.

very deed dwell with Men on the Earth? Behold, Heaven and the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain thee.

2 Chron. vi. 8. But will GoD in

Ifai. Ixiv. 4. For fince the Beginning of the World Men have not heard, nor perceived by the Ear, neither hath the Eye seen, O God, befides thee: what he hath prepared for him that WAITETH for him.

Dan. xii. 3. And they that be of the Firmament, and they that WISE fhall fhine as the Brightnefs Q92

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Lord, SHEW us the FATHER, and it fufficeth us.

9. Fefus faith unto him, Have I been fo long Time with you, and haft thou yet not known me, Philip? He that hath feen me, hath feen the Father; and how fayeft thou then, Shew us the Fa

ther?

10. BELIEVEST thou not that I am in the Father, and the Father in me? The

Words that I fpeak unto you, 1 fpeak not of my felf: but the Father that dwelleth in me, he doth the Works.

II. BELIEVE me that I am in the Father, and the Father in me: or elfe believe me for the very Works fake.

12. Verily, verily I fay unto you, He that believeth on me, the Works that I do fhall he do alfo, and greater Works than these shall he do; becaufe I go unto my Father.

turn many to Righteousness, as the

Stars for ever and ever.

Matt. xxv. 34 Then fhall the

KING fay unto them on his right
Hand, Come ye BLESSED of my
Father, inherit the KINGDOM pre-
pared for you from the FoUNDA-
TION of the WORLD.

41. Then shall he fay alfo unto them on the left Hand, Depart from Fire, prepared for the DEVIL and me, ye CURSED, into everlasting his Angels.

46. And these fhall go away inthe Righteous into LIFE Eternal. to everlasting PUNISHMENT," but

Luke xxii. 29. And I APPOINT

unto you a KINGDOM, as my Fa-
ther hath appointed unto me.
30. That ye may eat and drink
at my Table, and fit on THRONES,
judging the twelve Tribes of Ifrael.

Rom. viii. 18. For I reckon that the SUFFERINGS of this prefent LIFE, are not worthy to be compared with the GLORY which shall be revealed in us.

2 Cor. iv. 17. For our light AFFLICTION, which is but for a Moment, worketh for us a far more exceeding and eternal Weight of GLORY;

18. While we Look not at the Things which are feen, but at the Things which are not feen: for the Things which are seen, are temporal; but the Things which are not feen, are eternal.

Chap. v. 1. For we know, that if our earthly Houfe of this Tabernacle were diffolved, we have a BUILDING of GOD, an House not made with Hands, eternal in the Heavens.

2. For in this we GROAN, earnestly defiring to be cloathed upon with our House, which is from Heaven:

3. If fo be that being CLOATHED, we fhall not be found NAKED. 4. For we that are in this Tabernacle do GROAN, being burdened : not for that we would be UNCLOATHED, but cloathed upon, that MorTALITY might be fwallowed up of LIFE.

Heb. xi. 16. But now they defire a better Country, that is, an heavenly: Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God, for he hath prepared for them a City.

Chap., xii 22. But ye are come unto MOUNT SION, and unto the City of the LIVING GOD, the heavenly Jerufalem, and to an INNUMERABLE COMPANY of Angels,

23. To the general ASSEMBLY and CHURCH of the FIRST-DORN, which are written in Heaven, and to GOD the JUDGE OF ALL, and to the SPIRITS of JUST MEN made perfect.

See pag. 1. Of the Divinity of OUR SAVIOUR.

24. And

24. And to Jefus, the Mediator of the NEW COVENANT, and to the BLOOD of Sprinkling, which fpeaketh better Things than that of Abel. Rev. iii. 20. Behold, I stand at the Door, and knock: if any Man hear my Voice, and open the Door, I will come in to him, and will fup with him, and he with me.

21. To him that overcometh will I grant to SIT with me in my Throne, even as I also overcame, and am SET DOWN with my Father in his Throne.

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ND* whatfoever ye fhall ASK in my Name, that will I do, that the Father may be GLO-RIFIED in the Son.

14. If ye fhall ASK any thing in my Name, I will do it. 15. If ye love me, keep my COMMANDMENTS.

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CHRIST promifeth the Holy Ghoft, the Comforter.

Ver. 16. AND I will pray the Father, and he fhall give you another † COMFORTER, that he may ABIDE with you for ever;

17. Even the SPIRIT of TRUTH, whom the World cannot receive, because it feeth him not, neither knoweth him but ye know him, for he dwelleth with you, and fhall be in you.

18. I will not leave you COMFORTLESS; I will come to you.

19. Yet a little while, and the World feeth me no more: but ye fee me because I LIVE, ye fhall LIVE alfo. 20. At that Day ye fhall know that I am in my FATHER, and you in ME, and

I in you.

(c) Exod. xix. 5. Now therefore, 21. He (c) that HATH my deed, and keep my COVENANT, if ye will OBEY my VOICE inCOMMANDMENTS, and keep- then fhall ye be a peculiar Treasure eth

unto

See pag. Ixiii. Of the Efficacy of PRAYER, in the APOLOGY to the Harmony of the PS ALMS.

+ See Ats ii. The Defcent of the HOLY GHOSr, and the Reference thereto.

eth them, he it is that LovETH me: and he that LoVZTH me, fhall be LOVED of my Father, and I will love him, and will MANIFEST my felf to him.

22. Judas faith unto him, not cariot, Lord, how is it that thou wilt MANIFEST thy felf unto us, and not unto the WORLD?

and

23. Jefus answered faid unto him, If a Man LOVE me, he will keep my Words: and my Father will love him, and we will come unto him, and make our ABODE with him.

24. He that loveth me not, keepeth not my SAYINGS: and the WORD which you hear, is not mine, but the Father's which fent me.

25. Thefe Things have I spoken unto you, being yet prefent with you.

26. But the COMFORTER, which is the HOLY GHOST, whom the Father will fend in my Name, he fhall teach you all Things, and bring all Things to your REMEMBRANCE, whatfoever I have SAID unto you.

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Numb. xv. 40. That ye may remember, and do all my Commandments, and be holy unto your God.

Deut. v. 29. O that there were fuch an Heart in them, that they

would FEAR me, and keep all my Commandments always, that it might be well with them, and with

their Children for ever.

Chap vii. 9. Know therefore that the Lord thy God, he is GOD, the FAITHFUL GOD, which keepeth COVENANT and MERCY with them that Love him, and keep his Commandments, to a thousand Generations.

heed to do the Commandment, Joh. xxii. 5. But take diligent and the LAW, which Moses the Servant of the Lord charged you, to LOVE the Lord your God, and to WALK in all his WAYS, and to keep his Commandments, and to

cleave unto him, and to ferve him with all your Heart, and with all your Soul,

Pfal. Ixxxi. 8. Hear, O my People, and I will teftify unto thee: ÒÍfrael, if thou wilt hearken unto

me.

11. But my People would not hearken to my Voice, and Ifrael would none of me.

13. O that my People had hearkned unto me, and Ifrael had walked in my WAYS.

P. cxix. 4. Thou haft commanded us to keep thy Precepts diligently. 167. My Soul hath kept thy Teftimonies, and I love them exceedingly. Fer. vii. 23. But this Thing commanded I them, faying, OBEY my VOICE, and I will be your God, and ye shall be my People: and walk ye in all the WAYS that I have commanded you, that it may be well with you.

Chap. xi. 3. Curfed be the Man that OBEYETH not the Words of this COVENANT,

4. Which I commanded your Fathers, faying, OBEY my VOICE, and Do them, according to all which I commanded you: so fhall ye be my People, and I will be your God.

Luke vi. 46. And why call ye me LORD, LORD, and Do not the Things which I fay ?

Chap.

Chap. xi. 28. Blessed are they that hear the WORD of God, and keep it. John vii. 17. If any Man will do his WILL, he fhall KNOW of the DOCTRINE, whether it be of God, or whether I fpeak of 1 Cor. vii. 19. Circumcifion is nothing, and Uncircumeilion is nofelf. my thing, but the KEEPING of the COMMANDMENTS of God.

Heb. v. 9. And being made perfect, he became the Author of eternal SALVATION unto ALL them that OBEY him.

James i. 21. Wherefore lay apart all Filthinefs, and fuperfluity of Naughtiness, and receive with Meekness the ingrafted WORD, which is able to SAVE your SOULS.

22. But be ye DOERS of the Word, and not HEARERS ONLY, deceiving your own felves.

23. For if any be a Hearer of the Word, and not a Doer, he is like unto a Man beholding his natural Face in a Glafs:

24. For he beholdeth himself, and goeth his way, and straightway forgetteth what manner of Man he was.

25. But whofo looketh into the perfect Law of LIBERTY, and continueth therein, he being not a forgetful Hearer, but a Doer of the WORD, this Man fhall be bleffed in his Deed.

1 John ii. 3. And hereby do we know that we know him, if we keep his COMMANDMENTS.

4. He that faith, I know him, and keepeth not his COMMANDMENTS, is a Lyar, and the Truth is not in him.

5. But, whofo keepeth his Word, in him verily is the Love of Gon perfected: hereby know we that we are in him.

Chap. iii. 18. LovE not in Word, neither in Tongue, but in Deed and in Truth.

22. And whatsoever we ASK, we receive of him, because we keep his COMMANDMENTS, and do thofe Things that are pleafing in his Sight. 23. And this is his Commandment, that we should RELIEVE on the Name of his Son Jefus Chrift, and LOVE one another, as he gave us Commandment.

24. And he that keepeth his Commandments, dwelleth in him, and he in him.

Chap. v. 2. By this we know that we LOVE the Children of GOD, when we love God, and keep his Commandments:

3. For this is the LOVE of GOD, that we keep his Commandments: and his Commandments are not grievous.

2 John 6. And this is LovE, that we wALK after his Commandments. This is the Commandment, that as ye have heard from the Beginning, ye fhould walk in it.

Rev. xxii. 14. BLESSED are they that Do his Commandments, that they may have right to the Tree of LIFE, and may enter in through the Gates into the City.

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RIGHTEOUSNESS and PEACE have are met together, kiffed each other.

Ifai. xxvi. 3. Thou wilt keep I him in perfect PEACE, whose Mind

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