What it is to liveby Faith touching holineffeor take paines to get it, becanfe he feeles not the, ficknefleof his toule, nor underftands the worth and fruit ofgrace : But the true Believer, who is grieved with his infirmities, and knowes the excellencie and comfortof fpirituall health, cannot bur defre and cover grace more and more, that in due time he might be perfecc}ly healed. 7 Seventhly, It receivethnew fupply ofgrace continu- Iohn,r416. ally from Jefus Chrilt the fountaine ofgrace. Of hi$fed -' nefe have wee all received, and gracefor grace : Chrif} ' isanever-flowing fountaineof grace, ofwhofe plenty all Believers are abundantly partakers,and that from one de- grecofgrace to another, though not all in the fame mea- fure and degree. 'Water in aditch, which bath no living fpring to feed it, is foone dried up: but the pond, which is nourifhed continually with frefh fprings, loth not feare the drought of Summer, or Icorching heat ofthe Sunne.The Temporarie,whowas never knit unto Chrif}, as a living naturali and proper member, may fall away from that which he feemed tohave ; But the true Belie- s Epef. ;.r7. ver, in a wham Chrif}, the fountaineoflife, dwelleth, `Ephef..4.7. whodaily receives grace from himaccording b to themew- fareofthegift ofChrill, he (hall never utterly be deftitute. John.6. 56,57 flee that eatethmyflefh, anddrink_ethmy blond, dwelleth in mee and in him. 4s the living1'ather loathfeat me, andI live by the Father : fo beethat eatethme, evenheeJhalllive by me- g, Rightly, It afhureth ofperfeverance throughfu.h pro- Ezek. ;6.a7. mifes as thefe; Iwill meldyou to walke in myComman_ Ier.3 z.4o. dements ; Iwill put my feare in your heart, thatyou (hall lohn.6.14, not depart, Who ¡o eateth my fÌlelb, and drinketh my blond, bath eternall life, and I will raije him up at the tall day. But Faith giveth affuranceofperfeverance as it doth of thepardon and forgivenc fi'e of(ins ; and what is neceflàry to be knowneofthat point, bath beene largely handled before. Now if a Chriftian would (litreup his faith to believe the
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