'· ' · 896 Book.IV .Part.V. Lcokingunto1eJH4. Chap.2.Seet.f r . 'For directions of faith, obferve thefe particulars. As-- l, Faith muft directly go to Chrift. 2· Faith m~aft go to Chrifl: as God in the fldh . 3. Faith muft go to Chrift as God in the fle!h made under the Law. 4. Faith muft go to Chrift not onely as made under the di. reCl:ive part of the Law by his life,butunder the penal part of the Law l?_y his death. . 5. Faith muft go to Chrift not ohely as put to death in the fldh, but as quickned by the fpirit;of all thefe before. 6. Faith mufl: not onely go to Chrift as quickned by the Spirit, but as going up into glory, as fitting down at Gods right hand, and as feading the holy Ghoft; faith !hould eye Chrift as far a~ he goes; if he be afcended,fo iliould faith; ifhe go into glo. ry, and fit down there, and ad there for his people , fo iliould faith, and fo iliould we in a way of beleeving follow after him, and take a view of all his tranfactions where he is, we have heard before how faith iliould go to Chrifl: as dying, & as rifing again, but yet faith is low, while it doth not go within the vail, and fee him in gory; it is not enough to have onely a faith of juftification,but ofglorification.O wme let us fee Chrift in heaven,& we . can have no lefs than a glorious faith ! how many are there that never ~·et came to act faith in Chrifl: as a glorified Chrift? we are yet frill in the lower form ; many of us take in no more of Chrift than what was done on the crofs , or what fome natural, and common refemblances of him can hold forth, we feldome follow Chrift into heaven , to fee what he is doing there for us. ' 0 my foul! and 0 my faith! mount up, and be on the wing! Chri!l: is gone up to heaven, Chcift isfe t down at Gods right hand; Chri,£1: hath fent down his holy Spiri t : to this purpofe it was expedient that he iliould go away,and now he is gone away, to do fomething that remains to be done for thee in his King. dome; he had frill fome glorious peece to frame for thy falvarion, and therefore he left this world, and went co his Father, that he might act it in glory ; and now he is invefted with all the riches of heaven , he hath all the keyes of heaven and hell, he hath all power to command, he hath received all the promife to himfelf,and all that he hath to do,it is to let out ofhimfelfagain lllnto his Saints; he hath not onely got his Fathers hearc fbr . them
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