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The Christian life, from its beginning, to its consummation in glory
The Christian life from its beginning to its consummation in glory Author:John Scott Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: OF THE Chap. I. i . . Concerning the ultimate End of the Chriflian Life. N order roour understanding, what is the Nature, life, and Excellency of any... more » Mean/, it is neceflary we fhould have a true and genuine Notion of thofe peculiar Entlt which they drive at. For the nature of them, as they are Meant, conGfts in being ferviceable to fome End j but to what they arc particularly ferviceable, muft be collected from the nature of thofe particular Endt whereuhto they are directed. And therefore till we know what thofe particular Ends arc, it is impoffible we (houd know whether they are Meant or no, or, which is the fame thing, whether they are ferviceable to any End or Purpofe. I T being therefore the Defign of this Wwr] to explain the Bature of the Chriliian Life, it will be neceflary ( for the clearing of our way ) to give fome account of the blefled End for whichit is intended which will very much contribute to our right underftanding of the -great ufefulnefs and fubferviency of each part of it thereunto. Therefore, I, I (hall endeavour to (hew what is the peculiar End of the Chriftian Life. II. Wherein the true Nature of this End con- fifts, I. As for the End of the Cbriftian Life, we are aflured from Scripture, that it is no other but Heaven it felf, that ftate of endlefs Elifs and Hap- fineft which God hath prepared in the World above, for the reception ofallthofe, who by patient continuance in well-doing jeekfor glory and honour and immortality. That this is the End of the Cbriftian Life, is evident from hence, becaufe 'tis every where propofcd by our Saviour and his Apoftles, as the Chief Good of a Chriftian, and the Supreme Motive to all Chriftian Virtue. For fo S. John, that bofome-Favourite of our Saviour, affures tis, that This is the fromife which C...« less