New Jerufalem shall in no wise enter what soever defileth or maketh a Lye, Revel. 21.27 And without are Dogs, and Whoremongers, and Murtherers, and whosoever loveth and maketh a Lye, Revel. 22. 15.

2dly. Of Truth in Oppofition to Error. The Apoftle fpeaks very dreadfully concerning fome whom God fhould give up to ftrong Delusions, that they should believe a Lye, that they might be damned who believed not the Truth, 2 Theff. 2. 11. 12. And,

3dly. Of Truth, in Oppofition to Rottenefs and Unfincerity. Then is your Way the Way of Truth, when you direct the main Course of all your Actions, fo that the Glory of God may be advanced by them; when you do them, not to be feen or applauded of Men, but to be accepted of God,and would still persevere to do your Duty, tho' all the World should decry and condemn it. This is the Way of Truth, and of Salvation; whereas the Hypocrite is only fo far good, as others will countenance him: He is only good in good Times, and though he accompanies them that are going towards Salvation, and his Duties may feem to keep Pace with theirs, and his Life to be as ftrict and exemplary as theirs; yet believe it, theirs fhall be rewarded, when his hall be exploded, as being performed

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And thus I have fhewn you what this Way and this Life is that doth accompany Salvation. It is a Way of Holiness, a ftrait and narrow Way, a fingular and unfrequented Way, a Way of univerfal and unreferved Obedience, and a Way of Truth and Uprightness; which Way, if it be ours, will infallibly bring us to the Poffeffion and Enjoyment of that Happiness and Glory that is laid up for us in Heaven.

The Second Inquiry was, How we may know whether we walk in this Saving Way or no. And to this, all that I have faid before in defcribing this Way, may well be recollected as an Anfwer: And therefore I fhall but add a Word or two more.

ift. It is an Evidence that this Way fhall be faving to thee, when it is the Way of thy Choice: Pfal. 119. 173. I have chofen thy Precepts. When you take not up your Course of Life only by Imitation, or Tradition, or upon Compulfion. For many there are who may walk in a Q

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right Way, but not with a right Heart; and may serve God, not for God's Sake, but because they see that fuch and such Duties have been customarily performed in their Families, and by their Ancestors Time out of Mind; and fo they keep up the fame as a Relick of Antiquity, rather than a Piece of Devotion; and bear the Badge of their Christianity, only as they do their Coat of Arms, because derived down unto them by their Ancestors.

2dly. When thou walkeft uniformly in thy Obedience, then is thy Way and Course of Life fuch as accompanies Salvation. When thou art not pious only by Fits and Starts; but keepest an even and constant Tenor and Temper.

3dly. When thou walkeft forward in thefe Ways; when thou goest from Strength to Strength, ftill gaining Ground towards Heaven, and art nearer to Salvation than when thou first believedft; not only in Time and Years, but in Fitness and Difpofedness for it: Prov. 4. 18. The Path of the Just is as the fhining Light, that fbineth more and more unto the perfect Day: While thou thus addeft to thy Faith, Virtue; to Virtue, Knowledge; to Knowledge,Temperance; to Temperance, Patience; to Patience, Godliness; to Godliness, Brotherly-kindness ;

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to Brotherly-kindness, Charity: One Grace unto another, and to all thy Graces farther Measures and Degrees of Perfection, thou mayst be well affured while these are in thee, and abound, increasing with all the Increases of God, that he will add Glory to Glory for thy Reward, and that an abundant Entrance shall be adminiftred to you into the everlasting Kingdom of our Lord and Saviour Jefus Chrift.

To whom, with the Father, &c.