_4~ Boo~ IV. JLool\tug ntao jlcfus-._--cinp. 2. ~ea:.5. it is the Apoftles argument, if ye th<n be rifm with Chrifr, Jeek._ th.Je things wh;d;.-;, Col 3· 1 > ~-. abtrot,--frt your ajfeEfions o~ #hin_gs tibo~e :~ and ~ot on.thingson the earth. . .'\Ne ufual~ ly reckon rwo parr> offancbficatwn, vzz.. moruficauon, and vivifi, arion; uow as r' e death of Chrifl bath rhc fpectal mfluence upon our monilicarion, fo the refurredion of Chnfi barlul1e fpwal mf!uencc on our VI\Jficauon ; he bath qMi,k_z;ed ~~; togethtr l¥ith Eph. 2 • s,6. Chrifr,-a 11 dhath raifedm up together IVtth Ch>-ijf. · _0 my foul, look to this main delign ofChrift inhis riling_again; and if thou J 1 afl anv faub, Ofer thy fatth on werk to draw tills down mto thy toul. But here is a queilion bow Jhouldl manage my faith ( or how lhould I ad my faith to draw down the venu; 9f Chriil's refurret'hon for my vivification ; I ;mfwer, 1 I. Co to the well-bead, look into the refurredioA of Jefus Cbrilt. This one ad contaioes in ir rhefe particulars ; As, 1. That I mull go our of my felf to fomerbing elfe; tillS rs that check that !yes upon tha1 work of grace, to keep out pride, dm faith fees thewhole_g?od of the foul in a prindplc extraneous, even the fprings ofJefus Chrilt. Alas!_ rf thiSvrvrficauon were m me, or m my power, what fwdlings and excrefcencies of pnde lhould I qur,kly noun01? God therefore lmh placed it in auother, chat J may b~ kept low; and that l may go our of my felfro leek it where it is. 2 . Tl1at I mufr atGal· 2 20 , ~nbute wholly, freely, joyfully, all that 1 am to J efus Chrilt, and to :he effectual workC tngofhis grace. Jl,vr, yet not ! , but Chrijiliveth in mt. Andby thcgrue of GoJ 1 am 1 cr.I $· 10 ' what I am ; . and 1 I labowrd more abundantly than they all, yu_ 11ot I , bHt the grare of God whrchwas wzrh me. Thelrfe of grace r,.rrn&s only from thdrfe and refurrection of Jefus Clmil, and therefore as I mufl deny my felt, fo I muf! attribute all to him from whom it G~mes. 3. I muftiye at his leet with an humble exptdarion of, and dependency upon h1m,and lum alone for the fupplres of grace, thrswas the Apoflles practice, 0 that 1 m~ty bt foJmd in him ! 0 that J may /z_now him, and the power of his refurre[fion !- 0 thatby any· means I might obtain unto the refurre[fion of the deod! he lay at Chrifr', feet with an hum– _ble expec'tarion ro feel the power ofChrift's refurredion, in railing him firftfrom the death oflin to the life of Grace, and afr~r from_ death of nature to the life of glory. 2. 'lay to thefe fprings thy mouth oflaHh ; lt IS nor enough to have all the treafuries ofgnce, all the aClrngsofCbnfl for tl_Jee, layd before thee,. bur thou mull aii thy faith upon that objet'l ; 0 then go ro Clmlt s_r~furredron and bel reve, make a particular ap– plication of rbofe glorrous effeCls ofChrrll s refurredron upon thy foul. Say, Lord thou dyedfr thatdmight dye toJin, and thou waj& raifrd from the death that 1might be rai{ed to newnefs oflife. Come Lord, andqUJck!n mydymg fparkj, gzve me to _lay hold on Chrifi's refurn.ftun,givt rn_e to adhere to tr , a~d!o rrf upc~ tt, and to c!o(t wtth tt ; I fu without f 11 ith I am nert awh1t the better for t hrift s·rtjJtrrt&ion; and th_y command! are npon me, open Pfal. 6 1 • 10 • thy moHlb wlde, and _J willfill it : w:,y Lord, I believe, help thou my ~tnbelief This faith Mark. 9· 04is neceffary to our vrvrficauon as well a~ Chnft._ Clmft IS the foumam oflrfe, but fatth is the means of life. the power and orrgtnal of lrfe rs rnttrely referved to Jefus Chrill, but faith is rbe radical band on our part whe (b) we are eyed unto Clwilt, aod live inChri/l– and thus faith Cbriil himfelf, I""' the rejizrreClion and the life, is rhar all ? no; he tha; Joh.I '· 25. believcth in me, rh•ugh he were dead yet he jha/llive. And I am the breAd of life, ii that all? no ., he that comcth to. me jl~a/1 never hunger, .md he that bet.eveth on me jha/1 nrver loh. 6. 35· thirfr. . . h "ft' ~ . et' . b lfa.66. 11 • 3 . Sllck._andbefati5ji_td, rntl/z_out, andb:det.ghted. C rr s r< um ron rs a reO of confolarion . rhere is m rt abundance of lrfe and glory, and rher cfo1 e we thould nor be– lieve a little: but much; chewordfuc/z_ isasmuchasroexad on Chn~; draw h~r~ from Chriltthe more waxercife faith, the more we have of Jefus Chrrll and .of VIVI– fication; rh;re is a depth in Clwill's refurredion that can neverbe fadomed ; w~1e~ the foul barb as much as its narrow hand can grafp; whole Chnllrs too btg to be rnclofed in mortal armes ; only the longer our arme offaith is, ~he more we il1aU grafp of him ; arid therefore fuck, and pull and draw hard, and to thiS purpofe.-- \\ r. Pray for an increafe offaith, comp!nn ro Chrtlt ofthe llwrrneiS of thy a;me, .reil him rhou canfl: not believe as thou would il, thou canll not gee m fo much ofChrrllrmo thy foul as thou deilreft, thy vivific_ation is very poor a~d fmall ; ob when Chrr!l hears a foul complain of dwarfi0 1nefs in faith and grace, then IS he ready to let Out of hrs ful• nefs, even grace for grace. . • . 2. Ad thy faith vigourouily on Chrift's refurr~dron for a runher degree of quiCken– ing, activity, and lively abilliry of gr-ace. Chrril1s an ~ver:flowmg fountarn ,_and he would have believer> to partake abunJiantly of,Y'hat ts m h1m; he cannot ab1de that any
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