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8 THE RICHES OF CHRIST.
need nor Hand in fear of them, accord¬
ing to that of Ifaiah xiv. 2. * Fear not*
‘ for I have redeemed thee but as we
are taught in the next words, we fhould
all the days of our life worlhip him with¬
out fear; and when at any time we have
grieved fo good and gracious a God, by
(inning againft him, remembrance of
our redemption fhould encourage us to
return unto him, feeing he, as our Sa¬
viour, hath redeemed and bought us
with fo great a price, therefore, we ought
to acknowledge him to be our Lord, in
right of redemption, and ourfeives not
to be our own, but his fervants ; for,
therefore, Chrift died and rofe again to
life, that he might be the Lord of the
quick and the dead, Rom. xiv. 16. And,
if we acknowledge him to be our Lord, j
we muft be careful to do his will, or
elfe we in vain do call him fo, as did
thofe he reproved, &c. ‘ Why do ye call
me Lord, and do not the things that I
command you ?’ Luke vi. 4. Chrift died
for all, that thole who live, fhould not
henceforth live to themfelves, but to him
that died for them, and rofe agam, 1
Cor. iv. 5.
This confideration cauied the primi-
N tive Ghliftians to feal their teflimonies .