' 78o Book.lV.Part-4- Looking unto ~eft#. Chap.z. Se€t.4 life; as the light in the ayre runs through the whole hemifpherr, · ( 0 the whole work ofgrace runs through , and is dilfufed tb(ough the whole man, foul, body , and fpirir. 0 my foul, this may put thee to thy ftudy , becaufe of the feveral confiitutwns or tempers of graces; thou mayft finde this or that grace, this or that image ofChrift dearly ftampt oa thy heart, but thou canft not finde fuch and fuch graces; in this cafe, feare not, for if in truth and fincerity thou haft but one grace, thou haft the whole chaine of graces. But to fpeak to fome graces in particular.-- 2. True vivification is a new life acting upon a new principle of faith. The life which I -now live in the 1qefh, I live by the fi!ith of the Son of qod. They are the words of a tnan purfued by the law unto Lhriit; P au!ieeing he was dead by rhelaw, he fpeaks for a better husband; the law findes him dead, and leaves him dead, neverthelrjJe I live (faith Paul) what meanes be? a natural life? why fo he lived before now; no, no; it is a better life than a natural hfe ; fuch a life is no contentment to a foul purfued by the law; very heathens and infidels have fuch a life, and in that refpeCl: are.as happy as the heft ofSaints; Pauls li(e is a fpiritual life, and the fpring of his life is the Son of God; Jefus Chrift is effentially, radically, fundamentally life it felfe, and by his incarnation, paffion·, rcfurreCl:ion, he is life for his Saints, they live by him, and in him, and for him, and through !;Jim; he is the heart and liver of.their fpiritual life. But as from th~ heart and liver there muft be arteryes, and vein~s for maintenance of life and conveyance ofblood throngh all the body, fo from Chrift there rnuft be a conveyance to bring this life unto us, and this is by faith; I live by the faith of the Son~fGod. 0 my foul, doft thou· live this life of f.lith on the Son of God? caflft thou make ufe of Chrift in every fiate, and in every condition ? As for inftance. in thy panicular calling, doft thou look to Chrift for wifdome: fucceffe, blefilng, ability ? doft thou fay, if I have illfucceJTe, I lvi !L} el go to Chrift; it is hethat Jet me here, and it io hewill enable me! in cafe of provifion, doft thou run to Chrift, and doft thou hang upon him for all things needfull? doft thou fay, if I want mcarJJ, ·God will create meanes, he commands :!II means, and he can fudden!J do wh;~tfoever he will? In cafe of protection, doft thou tool\ unto Jefus to be thy 1hield and Protectour? doft thou minde
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