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Sin, and the reigning Power of it, are now taken
away in the Saints, neverthclefs Sin dwelleth in
them, Kom. vii. 20. But then it ihall be no more
in them : The corrupt Nature will be quite re¬
mov’d : That Root of Bicternefs will be pluckt
up, and no Veftiges of it left in their Souls : Their
Nature ihall be aftogether pure and finlefs. There
ihall be no Darknefs in their Minds; but the l/n-
derfianding of every Saint, when he is come to his
Kingdom, will be as a Globe of pure and unmixed
Light. There lhali not be the lead Averiion to
1 Good, or Inclination to Evil, in their IViUs: But
I they’ll be brought to a perfeft Conformity to the
Will of God j bleft with angelical Purity, and fix-
1 ed therein. Their Affeftions ihall not be liable to
M the lead Diforder or Irregularity: ’ Twill cod them
i no Trouble to keep them right: They’d get fuch
! a Set of Purity, as they can never lofe. They’ll be
l fo refin’d from all earthly Drofs, as never to favout
! more of any Thing but Heaven, Were it poffible
t they ihould be fet again, amidd the enfnaring Ob-
[ jefts of an evil World, they ihould walk among
t them without the lead Defilement; as the Sun
f fliines on the Dunghill, yet untainted • and as the
. Angels preferv’d their Purity in the midd of Sodom.
Their Graces ihall then be perfected ; and all the
Imperfection now cleaving to them, done away.
' There will be no more ground for Complaints of
r Weaknefs of Grace: None in that Kingdom ihall
i complain of an ill Heart, or a corrupt Nature. It
t doth not yet appear what we Jhall be, but—when he
V Jhall appear ; we Jhall be like him, 1 John iii, 2.
^thirdly. Among the Jews, thefe who defired to
I be admitted into the priedly Office, being tried,
■i and found to be of the Prieds Line, and without
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