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V'á
R.
Is,
Epbefiant,Chap.
4..
5
0
5
but
no hand
or foote,
no working , nor walking
accordingly
:
So
to
fee
one zealous ,
well difpofed
ro
the work and way
of God
, but
of
weake.
fcnfes,
dilute
uudetftanding which might
ferve
for
his di-
reeticn.
We mutt then labour
togrow
up
in
every grace, and
that with
due.
proportion.
We
muft marke where
our.
foules are weakeft , and doe
for
them
as
we
doe
for
the body.
If
this
or that
member
in
our bo-
dies
waft above the
ref#,
we will
in
our
diet
Co
feed
all, that
if
there be
any
thing more reftórative to
that
weake
part,
we will
make choice
of
it
:
So we fhould nourifh
all
graces, but principally draw
in
that word
which may ftrengthcn thee
in
thofe
graces,
which thou
perceiveft,
moil
enfeebled.
intohim
who
is
the head,
that
is
Chriff.] Obferve, That
all
of
us
are
bound
further
roger
our
(elves
knit with
Chrifl,
and
the
communionof
his
Spirit
d:vefling
in
us.
We
muft not beginto believe, but we muft pro-
ceed from
faith
to
faith
: Grow
in
knowledge
of!cfrsss
Chrifi:
As yee
have
received Chrift
,
fo wolke
in
him,
rooted
and
eßabls,/hed
in
thefaith,
and
abounding
in
it, for
in him
dwelleth all
faint
fre,
in
him dwelleththe
Perm
ofthe
Son
of
God
bodily, in
him
is
unfearchable
riches,as you have
heard,
chap.3.
When
a
young plant
is
new fet,
the roots
are
of
fmall
depth
in
the earth,
one may pull them up
with
a
hand; but
as
the
tree
fhooteth
up
in
height
and bearing
fruit, fo it flrikeththe roots deeper and deeper
downeward,
fo
that
no force
can
move it.
So
in
a
building,
'tones
new laid, while the mower
is
yet greene,
may
be
pecked and plucked
out, but
when the
Cement
isdryed,
and
they
are
funkedowne,
and
throughly
fetled
upon
the foundation
,
they
are
more clofely joyned
to
it then they can be eafily moved
:
So
it
is
in
us, we have
not for de-
gree,
fo firme and neere
conluu
lion with Chrift
;
but the more
wee
live
in
him,
like
good trees
fpreading in
the fight
of
all
men,and bring-
ing forth the
fruits
of
righteoufneffe ,
the more
wee
come
to root
downeward,hy
a
more firme confrdenee,which
loth
bring
us
to
have
a
firmer
conjunflion
and
more
neere union
with him.
Our
union
is
an-
fwerable unto
that which
uniteth
us,
as
the
cattle
is
in
degree greater
or
lefiler,
the effed
is
anfwerable.
Now
at
the
firft,
faith
is
weake,
like
a
bruited reed
and fmoaking weake,
but while
faith
(holding Chrift)
Both
draw
the
fpirit
from him which maketh
it fruitfull
in
good
works, the more
it
exercifeth,
the
more
it
is
ftrengthened
:
Even asin
babes, their powers every day at
firft are
feeble ,
but the more they
feed and
exercife,
the
more
they
waft the redundant moifture
which
before
enfeebled their faculties,
and
now put
forth ilrength
in
all
their
operations.
Pater, when faith
was weake
,
at
the
voice
of
a
Damfell
was (haken,
but
by walking a while
in
Chrift,
he
was
fo
tooted, that
threarnings,
whippings, imprifonmerit, conventing before great pow-
ers,
martyrdome, nothing
could
(hake
him.
So
that
we
muff
not
grow with the Papifls,
who grow
into Saints,
Angels, men, into
the Virgin
Mary,the
Pope, the
Saints
departed,for
their
beliefe
is
in
thefe; they
forfake
their
mercies,
they
leave
him that
is
Yfe.
We muh
ob.
ferne
what
grace
is
moll
defeftive,and
fpecially
che-
rifh
that;
Dell;
We muft grow
into clofer
union with
Chrift
;
Rom.r.
t7.
a
Per.;
18.
Cols,6,7.
fe
i.
Not
with
Stints
depar-
ted or
Angels: