86 The Spiritual life) and In-being beleever by his Spirit ; Then a beleever Thal never dieagain, fpiritually die again. I have read ofa Woman, that when her Husband was dead, the would eat and drink the aches of her Husband ' have his bodie burnt to allies, and fo eat and drink the aches of her husband : and being asked the reafon 5 becaufe(faies fhe) I mean to part with him no more: I have parted with him once already, when we were one but now I will be made onewith him in another way, and I will part no more with him. So,IfChrift be in a Belee- ver, really in a Beleever, Chrift really united unto each Be- leever by his Spirit ; Then Chrift and that Beleever Thal ne- ver parr again ' that Beleever fhal die no more : for the fame, Spirit that railed up Chrift from the dead, dwelling in a Beleever, Thal alfo raife up a poorbeleever, yea though he fal into the grave offin; he fbal never die fpiritually again upon this account. 5 Fiftly. If Chrift be reallyunited unto al beleevers by his Spirit3Then they may come with boldnefs unto the throne ofgrace, and with unlimitted expe&ations of mercie from God the Father,and fromChrift jefus. The nearer ye are unto any Perfon, themore boldnefs ye have towards him, and the larger will your expe&ations be from him. If a man marry his Servant ; whilft fhe was his maid, fhe was not fo bold,nor could expe& fo much from him : when fhe becomes the Wife, then fhe is more bold, and can expe& more, becaule now fhe is nearer : A Child may have more boldnes, and expe& more from the Father than the fervant: and the fervant that is within doors, more than the fervant that works in the field ; but the Wife that is neaten, the is molt bold, comes with moft boldnefs into the pretenceof the man, and path the largeft expetlations from him, be- caufe the is nearest to him. So the nearer that the foul of a beleever does get unto God the moreboldnefs he may have when he comes to God, and the larger expe&ations of mer- cy from him. Now ifChrift were in a beleever only by the Habit ofgrace,and Chrili in the foul were nothing' elkbut the Habit of grace ; here were yet a great diftance from Chrift;
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