.I 6 · BooldV.Part.4. Lookingunto1efus. Chap.'-. Se6t9 p:, t 88.f . and affimilating vcrtue to leave the impreffions ofglory uponour fpirits. 5. See our own perfonal 'vivification linked ut:~feparably unto, and bottomed unremovably upon the refurreCI:i0n of Chrifi: when,we can by faith get a fight of this, it is not to fpeak how couragioufly and fucce!Iefully the foul will grapple in the contraverfies of the Lord againft -thedevil, and our own deceitful hearts; with what ftrength could 'fo[flah, Gideon, &c. go on,' when backed with a prornife, and their fpirits fettled in the perfwafion of it? and what ufe will the promifes b~ in this kinde? and (more than all) the life, and rcfurreCI:i~n ofJefusChrift,when we can dearly and fteadfafily reft upon thts, that there is an infeparable connexion betwixt the refurredion of Chrift and our perfonal holindfe, and perfeverance to the end ? Oh that I could aCI: my faith more frequently on Chrifl:s refurreCI:ion, fo that at Jaft I could fee it by the light ofGod robe a deftinated. principle ofmy vivification in particular ! what a bleffed meancs woutd this be? • 6. Walk as we have Chrift Jefus for an example. This exampie c.:: Chriil:, though it be not ours, as it is the Socininns totum . (hriHi, yet certainly it yeelds much to our vivification; who can deny but that aCI:ing with the patterne ever in ones eye is very advantageous ? come then, and ifwe would live t!te life ofGod, let us live as Chriil: lived after his refurredion, . But how is that? Ianfwer.-- I. See that we returne to the grave no more; take heed of ever returning to our former ftate; you may fay, what needs this caveat ? hath not Chriil: faid, he that liveth and beleevuh in me fhallnever dye? or never fall away? I anfwer, it is true, they fhall never totally and finally fall away, yet they may fall fowlly and fearfully; they may lofe that ftrength and vigour, that fenfe and feeling which fometimes they bad ; they may draw fo nigh to the grave,asthat both by themfelves and orhers they may be accounted amongil: them that go down to the pit, fruamong the dead , as Hem11n faith of himfelf. The A poil:lc faith fome- ~h i ng that.might even fiart.le Chriftians; he tells of fome wko havebeen mceenlightened (by the VVord) t~nd have t11jled of the hrav r'»lj gift (fome flafhes of inward joy and peace J and were m"de p1-1r:t~ksrJ of th<holy Ghoft . (the common gifts and grace• of the
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