· ·Right to Chrifl. 307 that his righteoufnefs and eternal life in him, are mine ; then I.may be eafy, I'll certainly be faved Without a1.1y more ado. Anjw. That's but a cav!l, befi fuitin~ thefe who, being indifferent about Chnfl: · and falvation, think it not worth their pains ferioufly to confider fuch .things. One truly weighted with the ·n1atter, and duly confidering, being once brought to believe this, would rather fay, Then, fince Chrifl: is reallymySaviour, his righteou(ne{s and eternal life ~re mine ; I'll take him to me, I'll receive and .reft on hi~ as my Saviour, l'H rely on his righteoufoeji, and look for eternal life in him : Why £hould I be JrJl for ever, fince / I have a full Saviour ? Why fhould I go nakeo, fince I have a cornpleat righteouf- , nefs made over to me by heaven's gift ? Why fhould I die; when I have eternal life in Chrifi ?' Put the cafe, you did fee a man at the point of fiarving, for want of bread ; and out of kindnefs and pity to him, y0u fhould appoint and 0rdain meat for .him, out of yotJr own fiore, for prefervation of his life ; and with– al £hould carry it to him, and fet it before bim,, faying, Ha, there's meat, .I and my father have ordain– ed for you·, eat, and welcome. If that man fhould . fay, Oh! I may not take it, for it is nqt mine own,; would you not 'tell him, that your gift, appointmentp. ~·nd offer of it to him, make it his ; fo that, with a good confcience, he may freely eat it as his own bread? But fuou]d lte then reply, and fay,Why then, if it is · mime, witho~t any more ~do, l'in fecured fromfiar~ing; I need not at all be at pains to take and eat it ; would you not reckon him either mad, or but jefiing with you, not fenfible .of his hazard of fiarv– ing ? The application is obYious. It is not meat's _being one's own, fo that he may ufe it freely as fuch, that will keep him from ftarving : he mufi take and eat it, and fo ufe it as his own, if he would have that benefit by it. Even fo it is not Chrifi's being yours, with his righteoufn~fs and falvation, that will ,. , ., .· U 3 , · . fave
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