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V
s
R.
7.
Ephefianr,Chap.Z.
I
233
whole
earth
is
nothing to this gift
of
Chrift,
in
whom
we have
God
himfelf}and
all
that
heaven
is
worth
,made
fure
to
us.
God
hath made
him
a
common conceptacle,
and treafury
of
all
Saving
good
to
his
Church
;
This
is
my
beloved
Son
in
whom
I am
well
pleatd.
Wouldft
thou know
the love of.
God
t
ineafure
it
not by
any out-
ward
thing, by wealth, honour,
or outward
profpericy
;
for this
is
common with Infidels
and Rcpro'oares,
whom the Lord abhorreth.
No,
there
is
no outward created
comfort
can fecure
us
of
Gods
fa-
vour
;
onely the having
of
Chrift,
and
the
receiving
of
him
by faith,
as a
gift from the
Father;
this onely
is
it
which
is
the
fpeciall
pledge
of
Gods
favour and
love.
What
is
all
the
wicked have,
the dew
of
heaven, gladnelfe
of
heart, the
Sun-thine
t
If
they
h
ive not the righ-
teoufnefle
of
Chrift to cover them,the
life
of
Chrift to
quicken
them,
fuch
things
as
eye never
taw, their condition
is
wofull.
This
muff make us reff
onely
in
Chrift,
like
Paul, caring
w
know
nothing
but
him,
counting all
things
but
dung
and
drone
in
tom
art
an
g
%
g
Il
p
f
of
him.
Through him
we
have
an
entrance
with
boldneffe to
the
Father.
Arc
thou burthened with
fin, and afraid
to come before God
t'
Why,
fet
Chritt betwixt God
and
thee; he
is a
skrecn
to keep
off
the
fire
of
Gods
anger ;
he is
our
Peace-
maker,
to
make
all
whole
again,
a
fweet
fmelling favour
acceptable
to
Gad.
In
Chrift
lc(us.] Obferve here,all Gods kindneffe,and
all
the fruits
of
his kindne
e,muft come to
us
onely
through
Chrift.
He
bath ream-
oiled
all things
to
himfelf
by
lefas
Chrif
;
whom God
hat
h
jet forth
to
-be
a
reconciliation, ¿yc. as a
propitiatory
facrifice, in
which
he
would
re-
turn into favour with
us.
God
was
in Chrift
reconciling the world
to
himfelf.
Chrift immediately
by
himfelf
loth
procure
us
favour.
And
this
was
that which
all
the atonements
made
by propitiatory
facrifi-
ces did prefìgnifie
unto
us; He
is
made unto
us
of God
the
Fat
her,wifdom,
righteoufneffe,
(oaf
c
ation,
and
redemption.
This
loth
ferve to beat
down thofe
holds
of
Prefumption, which
many
nourifh
to
deftruEtion: for many
think that they
are
in
Gods
fa-
vour,
and
yet
are fuch
as
have not
Chrift ,
filch as
have
no portion
in
the
benefits
of Chrift,
if they
beblef
ed as
well
as
others,
with
health,
peace,
wealth,
it money come in apace, and
that
their condi.
tion
outwardly profper
:
when
as in
deed
without Chrift
(as all this
may be, and
is
with
nioft)
theft
are
no
other then common
favours
which he vouchfafeth to
orangers,
and fuch
as
are none
of
his
houf-
hold;
and
therefore they
build on
a
fäody foundation
:
Saul,and
Efate,
and every curled
reprobate
may partake hereof.
Roman
by
any
out.
ward
matter can
know
himfelf
to
be
loved
or
hated.
Again,
a
fiery
dart may
hence be
quenched, which
the
devil daft-
eth againft beleevers
in
the
confcience
of
fin; the confideration of
their
croffes fo
manifold.
Thou
art continually followed with
croffes
and afílietions,
poverty,
fickneffe,
and
doothou
not
fee
what
Change
advertirles
do
continually betide thee
e
and cants
thou be perfwaded
1
that God
loves
thee !
It
is
impoffible,
thou
doff
but
deceive
thy
felf.
Thus
math.
3.r7.
Yft
t.
Examine thy
interen
in
Christ.
Yfe 2.
Rest
in him
atone.
Phil.;.
7,8.
Ephef 3.12.
Era.
9.
o.
Ephef
S.
s.
Dodfr.
All good
comes by
coil.
ao.
Rom.
;.
25.
2
Co"
q.
r8.
I
Cor.
r.io.
Ye
,.
Preefnmption
f
st
no,
in
Ecdef.9.
z.
Yfe 2.
Once in
fChrift,ever
nR
.
agi
all
=tire
annoyaances