_ _,__ ___________ --------- ·-· ···----- Many a foul would be faved by. Chrift, that flicks and boggles ac his methods; they will not palfe to happineife by holineffe ; ·nor fet him up as a King and Lord, whom they could confem to fet up as a Saviour : oh but now Chrift that fl ood at the dvorr, and lt knoc~d, is received in ; confent hath made up the match, evoJ.IO. and the doore is opened that never fhall be friut again. 5. Upon this follows the fouls refiir.Jg, a~d rely~ng; the fouls .confidence and dependance upon Jefus Chrdl: for ltfe and for falvation ; this clofeth up the whole bulinelfe of beleeving unto righteoufne.lfe; thofe various expreffions ufed in Scripture of committing our way tmd[elves to Cj~d; ofcafting our care upon G~d, of rolling OHr[elves on him, oftrufting in him, ofhopil$g in hu mercy, .&c. wrap up faith in this affiance, dependance, not without fome mixture of confidence, and refolved refting upon Jefus Chrift: a cleare beholding ofGod in Chrift,and ofChriP! in the promifes doth prefent fuch variety and fulne!Te of arguments to beare up hope and affiance, that the heart is refolved; and fo xefolved that we commit our {elves, and give our fouls in charge to Chrift, I k__nowwhom I havr belteved, and I am perfwaded he u 1 Pet·4· 19, .able to ~k.eep that whi&h 1 have committed unto him ~tgP.inft that ~ Tim. 1.1 t •. .da]• - 4· The uplhot of all is this , that the fame clofe which the foul makes it1 (;)eleeving with Jefus Chrifi as to jufiitication and righteoufnelfe, is not ftuitlelfe to this effect of conveying life and vertue from Jefus Chril.l: as to grace and holinelfe ; for that uni• on which then and thereby comes to be enioyed. with Chrifr is (uch an union as is fruitful in begeting a quickning power and principle in the heart; and this is that which we ordinarily intend by faying, j11ving faith to be operative; that faith which &rings forth nothing of holincffe, w~at is it but a dead faith ? M J 1 6 the bodywithQut the fpirit u dead, (o faith without workJ u dead alfo• m.J, 1 " Jufrification and fanctification are twins ofa birth ; and hence it is, that vivification (which is one part of fanetificatioA) is wrougnt in the foul after the felfe fame manner; A,s firft, the ~ underftanding is il!ightned. z. The will is changed. 3· AH theaffeetions are renewed. 4· The internals being quickned, there enfueth the renewing of the body with ¢e outward ad:i ons,,life, and convedation. And now is fulfilled that faying of· Cbrift in a fpirituaLfenfe, the hour_e is coming, and now is when, the · · L.lll J 3 dead
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