Book.lV. Looking unto 1e(us. Chaps. Se~.4 ------------------- ~rife witb healing in .his wings, andye foal! go forth, 11ndgrow up 1 u the calves ofthe f/•1U. 0 my foul! quefrion thy felfe in thefe few particulars; dofr thou live to God, and not to thy felfe ~ doft thou live to Chrift, and not to the world? dofr thou derive thy life from Chrift ? and hath that life or Chrift a. fpecial influence into thy {oul? dol! thou feele Chrifr living in thy underfianding and wil l ; in cr./ imagination and affections; in thy - duties and fervices .? 1. In thy underfianding, by prizing the knowledge of Chrift, by determining to Know nothing in comparifon ofChrift? 2. In thy will, by making rhy wiU free to to choofe and embrace Chrifr , and by making his will to rule in thy will? 3. In thy imagination, by thinking U!"On him with more frequency and delight, by having more high, and honourable, and fweeter apprehen[ior.s of Chrifr than of all the creatur~s? 4· In thy affections, by fearing Chrift above all earthly pomrs, and by loving Chrift ilbove all earthly perfons ? 5. In thy duties, & fervices, by cloing all thou dofr in his Name, by his affifrance, and for his glory ? why then here's another ground of thy hope,furely thou haft thy part in chrill:s life. Awa:y, away with all dejecting doubts, and perplexing feares! while Cbrift was in e.Augt~jlins eye, he faid , I dare not defPond, I ~now who hath[aid it, 11nd I dare build upon it; thu ancho~· of hope thm c11j1 out, and f~tjfening upon Chrift, it would be admirably ufe· ful, when billowe-sof temptation beate upon fouls: thu helmet of hope thuo u[ed, would k§epojf TIMnJ blows ,whereby the comforts ofdiftruft· ful[pirits are wllnJ times fadly battered. 0 my fori! look to the ground> of thy hope! if thou findeft tht power of fin dying in thee, tfthou walkeft as Chrifr walked; if thou admirefr, adorcft, beleeveft, and obeyefl: thy Chrifr; if thou liveft, and liveft not,- but indeed, and in truth it is Chrifr that lives in thee; why then thou mayfr comfor~ably hope, and a!fure thy felfe that Chrifls habitual righteoufne!fe, and actual holine!fe is imputed to thy jufiificacion, thou mayfr confidently refolve Lhat every pa!fage of Chrifts life ( fo fu as legal or moral ) belongs unto thee. What .? would ever Chrift have come with his power againft thy power of finne, ifhe had not meant to refcue thee.? would Chrift ever have fet thee a copy, and have held thy hand, and thy heart, to have writ legibly after him, if he had not meant Mattb.t;. s,. thee for.. ;~ Sm/Je inftrHEled Hntothe Kittgdome of heaven.? would Chrift '
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