134 r Cor. 3.t%. Revel. 0.9. DAY. IoChrilt are all mercies treafurcd up. John r, r,;. Col. z.3. Order of deri- vation to us. 2. 3. Pfalm r33. Vf. Seek all good of Chriul. Col. 0.10. Jet. 1.13. Gal. z. zo. Joh. 6. 68. Andhow it is no Inc had of Coloff. z, 9. Ephefans,Chap. z, V >a x. Thus will thedevil fuggeft. Butthou mutt uphold thy felt with this confederation, That Gods favour and love is not to be grounded up- on us by the prefence of any fuch outward appearances. No,though poor, yet thou haft the riches of Gods mercie, thouhaft Chrift the heir of all. If hebe ours, Apollo is oars, Cephas is ears ; life anddeath, things prefent and to come , ski world and all is ours, we Chrifs, and Chrift Gods. In him let our fouls ref} and rejoyce: I fay again,alwayes rejoyce in him. Theholy Ghoft can fpeak to thee thus, iknow thy paverty, but thou art rich ; in comparifon of whom, the greateft Mo- narch in the world (being without Chrift) is a (lark begger. Further, hereobferve, That all our bleflings are treafuredup, even with Chrift lefts. He is as it were the matter of which God bath fra- med all our good: the common conceptacle in which all fpirituall bleffings are repofed , That from his fulnefJJ every membermight be ferved; inwhom are hid all thetreafure ofwifdom and knowledge. He is the Well-head and fountain, from whom flreameth all faving good; the vein is in Chrift, thence it fpringeth to the fountain, and foem- ptieth it felf by ffreams. So all thefe things are a. originally in God, who is life. z. In Chrift made flefh, upon whom this grace is poured without all meafure. 3. In us , who !hall have from his fulnrffe. For as the garments of vlaren were moiftned with that which dropped; fo (hall this fpirituall ointment trickleupon us from Chrift , when by the Application of Faith we (hall be made one with him. This tcachcth us whomwe mull hold by, even to be filled with all fpirituall good, even Jefns Chrift ; cleave only to him, He filleth all in all, in him we are compleat : therefore reft on Chrift as all.fuffi- cient.We fitly leave men feekirlg fupply at God,but to turn fromGod tomgn,is to dig puddles,and leave thefpring oflivingwaters. It is meet ignorance of Chrift, that maketh men look to merits, to thePopes treafury; when as even toour felting in glory all is givenus in Chrift; Yet not I (faith Paul) but Chrifl in me. Mark how Paid here acknow- ledgeth his life to come from Chrift, in whom every thing is laid down to be conveyed to us. Let us then faywith Peter, Whither fhall we go? thou haft the words oflife, thou art all-fufficient. weft. But how come we to all this bleffedneffe in Chrift Anfiv. Hence it is even from the perfonall Unionof our nature with Chrift, that he d,welleth inour nature fubftantially, havinguni- ted it to him as a part of his perfon. Hence it cometh, that Chrift man doth fend out all the ftreams of grace and good things to all his members , becaufe this fountain dwelleth inhim; in him dwelleth allfulneffe of the godhead. Did not the Divine Nature, which is the fountain of all life,natu- rall and fupernaturali ; did not this dwell with this humane nature, we could not be enlightened and quickened by it : fo that it is the power of Divine Nature in Chrift, which doth properly and effici- ently work there things; even as we fee the body of the Sun doth enlipten
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