through Natural! impobilitaea. I 205 Ch rift commits himfelfeunto a beleever, and a beleever com- mits himfelfe againe unto Chrift. Chrift commits himfelfe unto a beleever: you know what is raid in the Gofpel, He did not commit himfelfe unto them, becaufe they aid not beleeve him: arguing, that he did commit himfelfeunto others that did be- leeve him. And beleevers commit themfelves unto Jefus Chrift. Commit thy way unto the Lord; there is a mutuall wayof committing : Chrift, he does commit his Grace ; he does commit his Spirit; he does commit his Truth unto a be- leever a beleever commits his .Efiate , and his Name , and Himfelfe againe untoChrift : Chrift commits his work unto a beleever; and a beleever commits the fRcceffe of the work againe unto Jefus Chrift. Faith now leaves the event, and the fuccefle unto Jefus Chrift; and therefore, when Difficul- ties and naturall Difcouragements arife, and fay, What wilt thou do now? NA hat wilt thou do now to be preferved ? What wilt thou do to continue now ?What wilt thou do to be delivered now ? What will becomeofyou now ? Oh ! Sa- tan (faycs a beleever,) thouhaft miftaken the queftion ; My queftion is not, What (hall become ofme ? I have left the fuc- ceffe of things toGod : but my queftion is, What chaff I do for God ? My queftion is, How fhall I love Jefus Chrift ? My queflion is, How fhall I be like unto Jefus Chrift ? Myquefti- on is, How fhall I ferve my generation, and owne Jefus Chrift in thefe times ? This is my queftion. Faith, true, laving faith, it leaves the fucceffe and the event of things unto Chrift, and fo thereby the foule is carried through all Difficulties and na- turall Difcouragements unto Jefus Chrift. In the fifthplace.True,faving faith is thatgrace Whereby the fettle takes up the yoke of Chrift, and the burden of Chrift up- on &sterile. Chrifts burden, does unburden all other bur- dens, the very takingChrifts burden upon a man, does eafe him of all other burdens. This may feem ftrange to you, that the taking of a new burden, fhould cafe one ofthe former : ifa man be carrying coales or wood, the taking ofa new bur- den would not cafe him of the former; but the burden of ,Chrift (peloved).is ofanother nature. Auliin diftinguilhes them John 2.24. Id, 37.5 5.
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