Pf,J. ~· 3; . 'lfal. 69. J• Book IV. Chap.5.Sec.t.S trembling faith cannot be without fome wounds in fpirit . 'o be confident, and this will make thee cheerful ; or if yc:t thOLi fedeft not this affection to fiir,afpire to fruition, yea to more and more fruition of Chri!l, and union with Chri!l; and to that purpofe confider thy propriety to {hri!l, thy poffeffi()n of Chri!l, and the accommodation or uiefulmffe of Chrift to tqy condition, whatfoever it is. What? will not thefe things move thy fpiritual de" light? canf\: thou not heare Chri!l fay, all I am iJ thine, and all! have done i~ thine, for thy ufe, and for thy benefit? and doth not thy heart leape within thee at each word? 0 my foul, I cannot but check thee for thy deadneife: it is faid, that when C hrift wM at the de[cent ofthe mount of Olives, that the whole multitude of difciples began to rejoyce, and praife god with a loud voyce, for all the mighty work! that they hadfeen. What? a multitude of difciples rejoycing in Chrifts acts ? and art not thou one amongft the multitude? if thou art a difciple, tejoyce thou; furely it con~ cernes thee as much as them, and therefore rejoyce, lift up thy voyce in harmony with the ref\:, rejoyce, ana'againe re- • I ·- JOJCe. --------- SECT. 8 . of calling on 'fefus in that reJPeCf. 8. LEt us call on ref U1, or on God the Father in and through . Jefus. Thu. we read that loekjng up Jo 'fejus, or lifting up the eyes to Jefus, goes alfo for prayer, in Gods book; my prayer will I direEt to thee (faith David) and will/oak_up, and mine oes [aile ~ith look_ing upwards. Faith in prayer , will often· come out at the eye in Hew ofanother dore; our ~ffectio ns wdl often breakout at the yiindow, when the doo re isdofed; · Thus Stephen /ogkf' up toheavm; hefenta polt, a greedy, pitiful, and hungry look up co Jefus Chrifi out at the window, at the neareft pa!fage, to tell him that a poore friend was coming to him ; why rhus let us look_up to [efo} ~y calling on him; now this calling on him containes prayer, and praife. x. Wcmufr pray thatall thcfe tranfaCl:ions ofJefus during . his
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