Grace for Grace, Or the over-flovings of I but, will you fay, To what end is this Do&rine ope- ned, thus largelyopened, andpreft 5 What good is there thatdoes come thereby ? What good ! What good would you have ? What good would you do ? Wouldyou have the Lord jefus Chrift to become your firength ? The way to have Him to become your ftrength, is to count Him fo. Look I pray upon the 31. Pfalm, the 2. and 3. verfe, Be thou my ftrongRock, for an houfe ofdefence to rave me : jar thou art my Rock andmy Fortrefl. Be thou my Rock, for, thouart my Rock : Whatkindeof Argument is this ? Yes, 'tis a goodargument : The way to have Christ our Rock, is to account Himour Rock : My very relling upon thePromife,does make it mine: and your very refting upon jefus Chrifi dothmake Himyours : and what will make you rest more upon Him, then to fee that all is fromHim ? Again. Would you haveyour hearts warmed with love unto Jefus Chriit? indeed our whol life should be nothing ellebut an expreffion oflove to Christ, as Chrifis life, and deathwas nothingcitebut an expreffionofloveto us : Now faies a gracious foul, Is this true indeed, that all. Grace is fromChrift ? that whatfoever Grace the Saints have, they have it from jefus Chrifi? that there is not a good thought in my heart, but runs through the heart ofJefus Chrift be- fore it does come at mine ? what infinit caufe then have I to love Jefus Chrift Again. Would you live inDependance upon Chrift, for Grace, for Truth : the ferious consideration of this truth will helpyou to it. I confeffe indeed,(will fomefay)when Hookupon my felf, I am a man or woman of filch poor gifts, or parts, that I have nohope, Tamafraid 111141 ne- ver attain tothe Truth of the time; but is it fo that all is from lefus Chria ? whatever Grace the Saints have, they have it from jefus Chrift ? Why may not I know theTruth of the time as well as another ? I will yet wait on Jefus Chrifr. Again. Would you walkHumbly ? Bevery humble, and get
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