VER: lz. éphefanr, Chap.;. ;83 them a little from their fleep, becommeth defperate trembling. In the fecond placewemuff reckonof this benefit, as no fmall trey fure:Ifonemay but have recourfeto the chamber of Prefence, it is no fmall tiikter, but rG'goe into rh Holy of Holies, to convetfe and commune with God, prefentour (elves before him, Who can rate filch a prerogative fufficiently t W hentheQueenofShiba came from far toSolomons Court and beheld the beauty ariddory of hi; royal! and magnificent attendance; fhe breakethout;o happy'art thou,andhappy are theft thyfervants that they may /bind in thy prefence! How much more may we affirme as much of the happinetfe of:fall Gods fervants that live in hisprcfenceandheare hiswifdomeand couufcls daïly Byfaith onhim.] Hence, s. obferve, That if wee will have benefit by Chrifi, weemuff bee beleevers on him. Faith intitletha beleevtr to the fulneffe ofChrilts merits , death and obedience,even unto all thofe treafuresofgraceand bolines which are in Chrift as in a common conceptacic,outofwhich weby faith fetch for theéontinuall fupplyofall wants. By faith we dwell inChrift and Chrift ittus. That Chriftmaydwell in your hearts by faith.' By faith we obtaine righteoufoefTe unto falvation. In a word, nothing beginneth, nothing continuethOur unionwith Chrift but faith. There is I graunt afecondaryUnion "whereby the foulecleaveth more and more to God nowreconciled unto it, asby theaffeftions of love, joy, &c. But this prefuppüfeth the former, for were it not for this precedent union of faith, we fhould fly from God as a confuming fire. Though a man bath 'maily'' members in'hisbody, yet he bathbutone bywhich hee u- feth to receive aay thirig,vq, the hand; and fo thoughour foulés have many graces bertowedon them, yet they havebut one hand of faith, wherewith to receive Chrift'andhis benefits unto falvation. If then faith beefö excellent 'a thing as toenrich the foule with all the benefits ofChrift; how fearefull is their finne , who live, not ca- ring toget thisprecious grace offaith,: to lye, theeve, or whore, they will confer% is a notorious crime, but to live in unbeliefe, theyneither account ituncomely,, nor dangerous. To be a jayle. bird or a felon condemned to behanger!, thou wouldit think with thy felfe, what a vilecondition am I ine Think with thy felfe what is unbeliefe then; hadnotI an unbeleeving heart, I had never difhonouled God by thefe pradtifes if theftbe bad, infidelity is much, worfe ; this forrifiech all our corruptions; thou haft flolen fuch a commodity , by unbeliefe thou robbeft God : in the bafeneffe ofall finnes, fee infidelity Litre worfe. Mourne and figh to Godunder the berthedofthis finne ,' bee importunate w itfhGodaboveall againft this finny The Prifoner maketh a paffionate complaint when the paffengers goeby : fothou art (butup underunbeliefe, look up to God, through the grate-of',ell, and cry mightily tó the Lord that bee would looke froni heavenupon thee, Pity (good Lord) anunbelieving foule. Tell Chriftthou art aPrifoner,it is but awordofhis mouth: fay to an un- believing heart, reftion the promifes, and itdhall fodoe. L z a. We 2:Cor.9. q. ; Doti. To have bene- fit by Chrift we muttbe- lieve on him. Infra ver le 17. fi I. A woeful! cafe iris to live in unbeliefe.
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