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2 Peter. 1.13, 14.Yea, I think it meet as long as I am in this Tabernacle, to stir you up, by putting you in Remembrance,
Knowing that shortly I must put off this my Tabernacle, even as our Lord Iesus Christ hath shewed me.
AT the tenth verse of this Chapter, The Apostle sums up his foregoing precepts and exhortations in one great and most important duty, the making sure of their calling and election. This exhortation he enforceth on them by a most solemn and weighty mo∣tive, ver. 11. Even an abundant entrance into the everlasting Kingdom. No work of greater necessity or difficulty, than to make sure our Salvation, no argument more forceable and prevalent than an easy and free enterance into Glory at death, an 〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉〈 in non-Latin alphabet 〉, a sweet and comfortable dissolution, to enter the Port of glory before a wind, with our full lade∣ing of comfort, peace and joy in believing, our Sails full, and our Streamers flying: Oh how much better is this than to lye Wind-bound, I mean heart-bound at the Harbours mouth! tost up and down with fears, doubts, and manifold temptations, making many a board to fetch the harbour; for so much is signified in his figurative and allusive expression, v. 11.
And for their encouragement in this great and difficult work, he ingageth himself by promise, to give them all the assistance he can, whilst God should continue his life, and knowing that would be but a little while, he resolves to use his utmost endeavour to secure these things in their Memo∣ries,