256 SuN>otJt,. State Hr.. rwith'out him, the grace that is in Jefus Chri.£1:, wbit:>h is– ~n ever-flowing fountain,- to which the· believer can never come amifs. For the apofrle tel!s us in the fame verfe, it is t-he porwtr ofChrifl. Mofl gladly therefore, faith he, wilt .I rather glory in my infirmiti~s, .that the power -o_(.Chrift · may rdJ upon me, or, tab{rnacle above me, as the .doud of glory ~id on th~ lfraeli'IN, which God fpread[1r covering;. or thelter to them in the wildernefs, PLd . cv. 39· compare Ifa. iv. ), 6. So that the believer. in this combat, like the e~gle, fidl: flies aloft (by faith) and then comes down on the prey, Pfal. xxxiv . 5'• 'They looked to him, and <~.ver~ lightncd. And·finally.- they have a w~ight of weaknefs . and wants llpon them, but t-he.y cajt ever t5at burden 011 t.6e· L~r-d·their Hren.gth, and he fuflailu them, Pfal. Iv. :2 2. With'.all their wants and weakndfes, they are ea!! ~.poa him, as the· poor, weak and naked babe, coming Ollt of the womb, is dH int-o the lap of one appointed to:t.ake care· of it, Pfa! .. xxii . 1 o. Though they be dejl.ttu.te (as a furul> in the ~vildernef!, which the foot of every beafi may tread dc'wn) the Lord will regard them, Pfal.. cii. 11. .his no, ma~vel, ,the weakdl plant may be fafe io a garden ; "hut ou-r Lord Jefus Chrifr is a h-edge for prot ecEoo to his weak and. defiitute,ones , even in a wildernefs. Objett. But ifihe faintJ he fo fopperted~ how is it t.baf' they fa!lfo eflen under temptations c:md difcouragemeniJ .? Anf ( 1. ) How long foever they fall at any time, they never . fall off; and that is a great matter. Theyarelept by thepow– er of Gcd t hro1faith unto folvatirm, 1 ht . i . 5. Hypo-crites may faH, fo as•to fall off, and fall into the pit., ~s a hu~ket falls into a well when the chain breaks. £ut thou·gh the child of God may fall, and that fo l'ow a~ th~ waters g o O·Vfr /Ji~ head; yet tbere .is ftill a bond ·of union bet·wi.xt Chriil and hirri, the ·ch;.in is not brokt-n' ; he'· w;l! not go to ~he ground ; he wiH ·be drawn up again Luke x·:1ti!. 31, 32 • ./lnd th Lord feud. Si11:on, Simon . .Satan hath dejiud /(} have J''lU, ./hat he may Jift yrm aJ wheat. ; but 1 havepra.red' for _.thee, that thy faith fail not .( 2 ) The fal1s of the f-aints 'flow from their not tm proving their u-nion with Chd !t, their n.ot making u.fe of him by f,, ith, for ft ayiog or be " r i ~ig; them up, Pjal x-xvi. J 3 !<had fainted , unleji I had believ– '5tl. \Vhile .the ntrrfe holds the.child in he.r auns, it ca1.no,t faH-.
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