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CHAP. VII. The third Vse. Perswading all men to try their Title to this Rest; And Di∣recting them how to try, that they may know.
SECT. I.
* 1.1I Now proceed to the third Use which we shall raise hence; and because it is of exceeding great importance to thy Soul, I intreat thee to read it the more diligently, and weigh it the more seriously.
Is there such a Glorious Rest so neer at hand? and shall none enjoy it but the People of God? What mean the most of the world then, to live so contentedly with∣out assurance of their interest in this Rest? and to neglect the trying of their title to it? When the Lord hath so fully opened the Blessedness of that Kingdom, which none but a little flock of obe∣dient Beleevers shall possess, and so fully expressed those torments which all the rest of the world must eternally suffer, a man would think now, That they that beleeve this to be certainly true, should never be at any quiet in themselves, till they knew which of these must be their own state, and were fully assured that they were Heirs of the Kingdom! Most men that I meet with say, they be∣leeve this Word of God to be true; How then can they sit still in such an utter uncertainty, whether ever they shall live in Rest, or not? One would think they should run up and down from Minister