270 ltLhe Poo? Mano fami"p13oat. II. Live daily by faith on (f) `lefiia Chrift, as the Mediator between Godandyou r Being well grounded in the Belief of the Gofpel,and underftanding Chrifis Of- fice : make ufe of himRill inall your wants. Think on the Fatherly LoveofGod as coming to you through him alone ; and of the Spirit as given by Him, your Head ; andof the Covenant of Grace as enacted and fealed by him ; and of the Miniftry as fent by him ; and of all time, and helps, and hope as procured and given by him. When you, thinkoffin, and infirmity, and temptations, think alloof his fuf,`icient pardoning, juftifying and vi- dorious grace. When you thinkof the world, the flefh and the Devil, thinkhow he overcometh them. Let his dol rine and the pattern of his molt perfe(l life, be alwayes before you as your Rule. In all your doubts,, and fear, and wants, go to Him in theSpirit, and to the Father by Him, and Him alone. Take him as the root of your life and mercies, and Live as upon him and. by his life. And when you die, refign your fouls to Him, that they may be with himwhere he is,andfee his Glory. To live on C'hrift, and ufe him in everywant and addrefs to God,is more than aGeneralconfufed believing inhim. IIII. So Believe in the Holy Ghofi, as to (fir) Live and work by Him,aq the Body doth by the foul. You are not (h)Baptized into his name in vain : (But toofew under. ftand the fenle and reafon of it.) The -Spirit is fent by Chrift for two great works : r. To the ApoJtles ( and (f) 70h.17.3..Eph.3.17,18. i9. Fph. I.22, 23. & 4. 6,16. Rom. 5. 2 Cor.r2.9. John 1.6.33.1.eh . Heb4.14, 16.vol. 3, 3, 4, 441.57. 59.(g) Gal. 5,. 16.25, (h) Mar.28.19.
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