CZh'e Jure Trial of Vprighwefs. -----"--·. ~N,--,0\-v-..,th_e_ 'un-.,.fe-i g-ne-:-d :-be,-licl of rhe meritorious and efficacious Suffcrings of Chrifl:-:-is the Means by which the Value of his Death is applied, and the Venue of it derived to Us for tl,lc killing of our Sins . 'Tis by Faith we arc united to him as om Head, rhe f ounrain of Spiritual Senfe and Active Power. He 'dwells in our Hearts ."J Faitb, and by the eminent Op~rations of his Spirit, fircngthcnS the inner Man. Fatth cxcttcs us to mortific.rhe inhabiting Corruption, by arguing fronHhe Love. of Chrifl: in dying for us< He left Heaven for.us, Shall nor we leave Earth..fbr hi't\\ 1. He donicd lHs natural lnno- ~~:;td~v;;;~~~ ;~~~l¥i~,~~ {t~1Ploarr\i1fh[~~Y~ri~~l~~~il~;~r d~~~~:~:~·~in7,1~:~~ ~~l~~v:r~~;[ lcn as low as Hell, Who can refill fuch melting Perfwafions 1 The Apofl:lc fpeaks wi,th the mofl. feeling Exprdlions; ihe Love of C!Jrifl conflrains ur; has-an abfolute ilroincib!e Empire o-vu us, becaufo 1ve tbus judge, that if one died for all, tben were all dead, t/;at moncef ortb we Jhould live to bim wbo died for us. And 'tis the noble and fenfiblc Effect of quickening Grace to mortific Sin. Faith as it obliges, fo it encourage~ to fubduc oUt ~;~fta~li~tsa;~.~A¥~o~Jt~~a~n~~:C~~~~i~·.~e~~~t~~a;t~~h~d1i~;e:.:•tft:,~~~~~cg;:1~~j; 111;; Grace is fuf!icient for thee: The Temptation was not prefently removed, but fl:rengtlt conveyed by which he was . fupcrior to ir. Our fpccial Sins focafily cncompaiS us, dlo3t ·confidcring our imminent danger, we may fear the lfli1e of the Fight; but the believing remembrance of our Saviour's Death, infpires new Life and Heat into us, knowing that ~~n;~~~~~~~ed~~u/,~g~~r~· }~l;~i!l0:sr:l:~v~,~~~nfir~J~~~~nb;.s ~~A~~:nfr~f;"~~;. When he was upon Earth, he prayed his Father to kup us from tbe Evil of tbe World. This was the Copy of his continual Intetccliion for us in·Heaven; from whence we are infallibly alfur'd, that he is moll: tenderly inclin'd ro aillfr us, and prcicrve us from the malignant influence of the World. For thefc Rcafons, Faith in Chrifr has a cleanfing Verrue, a vi&riotis Efficacy attributed to it: Faitb purifies tiJe Heart, and overtomes the World. A (mccre Believer that makes ufe of the Divine Ordinances, Prayer, hearing the Word, the confirming Sacrament, and other holy Means for the fubduing his Cbrruptions, 1hall certainly cbtain a final Victory, and the reward of it a triumphant Felicity.
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