Cbap.2.Secr.5. Looking unto:_fe{tU. Book.IV. Part.V. 895 SECT; 5· Of belceving in J.efm in thllt re.fPeEl: ) . [ E T us beleeve on {efm, as carrying on the great work of .. our falvation for us in thefe particulars, many fcruples are in many hearts,what?is it 'poffible th11t I fbould have any jh11re in Chrifts tf[cenfton,Chrifts feffion,Chrifts mifsionofhu Spirit? was it ever in gods heArt thAt I foould pertak§ with Chrift in all thefe glo· ries ? if it muff be fo that he would let out his lovn to fo unworthy a wretch , w.u it not fufficient for him to have C9me down fr6m heaven,and to httve aEted mJ redemption here below? Ir it not 11n high [4vour that a King (hould leave hu Court, to give a poor prifoner in the Gaol a vijit? but will he tak,e him with him to his own home, and bring him into his own prefence-chamber, and Jet him at hu right hand in his throtle ? And fo that Chrift fhould not one/y le11ve his Frlthers Throne , and give me a vijit, lying in the d11rk_ dungeon ofunbelief; but thllt he foou/d tak! ~Jf the bolts, 11nd fei ope the prifon dares, and tak.§ me up with him into hea• ven, 11nd there [et me down at his ritht hand 1 and in the mean time give me the tllrne~ and pledge ofmy inheritMce, bJ filling my foul with his own Spirit; 0 what an admirable incredible thing u this? it wM the laftvifton ofJohn,which WM fo full ofwonders, And Rev . %.1,%.,)~. 7 John faw the hal] City, the.new JeruJAlem coming down from God 011t of he11ven. --And I heard agreat voyce out of heaven,faying, Behold the tabernacle of.God is with men, arid he wilt dwell with them. Surely it WM"' miraculous mercy that heaven foould come down upon earth,and thatGoJ fhould come down to men : but oh what is this, thlft earth fhould go up to heaven, that menjhGu/d afcend up to God? yea, that my foul with Chrift,and by Christ fhould a(cend to God, and fit down with God in heaven!] pl.tm? yea, that m'y foul fhould have for its inmate the very [atne JPirit that Chri.ft him[elf hath? ohii:annot, I wjll not, I dare not brleeve. Scrupulous fouls, be not faithle!fe, but beleeving; there is none of. thefe particulars for which we have not a warrant out of the Word ofGod;and therefore beleeve: But that I may per" fwade to purpofe, J (hall lay down , 1, Some directions, and ~~ Some encouragements offaith_. r.For .~ '-
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