Head II. How a}inner iJ iltgrafied into Cbr(fl. 2~ 5 . houfe be ·pulled down, and the .~ld foundation rated; 1t ts all a cafe, vthether it was ta.ken down fione by fione,-- OT whethet it was undermined, and all fell do"" n together. Now it is, that ·the branch ;s ittgta(ted in Jefus Chrift. And as the law, in the hand of the Spirit of God, was the infhumcnt to cut ofF the branch from the Mtoral Hock ; fo the gofpel in the hand /of the fame Spirit, is the inlhument ufed for ingrafting it tn the fupernatural fio~k, 1 John i.: S• 'Th.at rwhich 'W~ have feen and heard, deci.ue ... <tie unliJ you, that ye a!(o ma)' havefel!awjhip 'With us; and truly iJttr fil– lvrwfhip is witlJ tbe Fatlet, i:in!l ·,..JJith his Son Jejus Chrijl. See lfi.lxi~ 1, 2, 3· The gof.pel is the filver·cord !et down from he-aven. to duwperi!hing finne'l'S to land; Ar.d though the pre<1ching uf the Jaw prepare·s the. way 0f the Lotd; yet ' it is in rhe word of the gafpel that Chri(t and a finner mee-t. Now, as in the natural grafting, the branch h_ei.ng takoz up is pz-tt bzto·the ft~ck; and being put -imo it, tak>u -with i·t : and fo tbey ate united: even ·1:o. in the fp'irituaJ ingraf1.io_g, Chri{t apprr:IJtnd; the jintJ7!r ; ard the ifnner :being appr<:-:– hended of ChriCt, apprehendJ him: and fo 1hey become one, .Philip . iii. n. · Firjl, Chrifi apprehends the finrrer by his S'pir.it, _and<lr-aws him to himfelL ·t Cor. xii. '13• For by PftC 'Spirit, r()Je l.lre all 6aptized int-o one body. The fame ·fpi.rit which is in the Me– diator himfelf, •he COIDflHlnicate'S tO 'his eJ.eet, 'in due time ~ never 'to depart ·from ·them, ·but t-o abide in rhein, as a prin- ' ciple of Hf'e. Thus, he tal<e'S ho'ld of them, by his own Spirrt put into1nem ; and fo the withered branch gets life. The foul is now in tbe hands ,of t1 he Lord oflife, aod pof– !dfed by the Spirit ·iflift; how then can it but !iv~ ? The man gets a ravlfhi:n.g figh_t of ChriH's. excellency, ~o .the _glafs of the gofpel : .·he fees h1m a full, fmtaMe. and wtlhng Savi· out; and •gets a ·hearrto tak·e ·him, fora-ndinfieadof all; The Jpirit iffaith furnitheth him with feet to come to Chrift:, and h;~nd!> to receive him. What by nature be could n{n do . by grace he can; the Holy Spif'it working in him the work. of · faith with po<UJer. . Secondly, The firrner ,thus apprehended, apprdendi Chrill: by faith, and fo takes with th P bleffed flock, Eph. ii1. 1 7. Th'.lt Chrifl may dwd/ inyour ht:arl 1 by faii"h. The foul that before tried many ways of efcape, bu-t a.ll in -vain, dot.h nov1 loQ~
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