Chap. 13. AnExpofition upon the Book of joB. Verf. 18. 479 God loves us out of our chests and money-bags, nor .can we read an aflùrance or a conveyance for heaven, in the afIltrances and conveyances ofour lands;but we may fetch this evidence and read this conveyance from, and in the covenant of grace, recei- ved by faith,witneffed and fealed to our hearts by the holySpirit. Secondly, When was it that job'manifefted this height of af- fairance ? I know that I(hall bePO:fled. It was after hehad laid, 1 have ordered my caufe, Hence Obferve, That-trope affuranceor aknowledge that wefloall be»4)(14, ar_. fethfrom adue confederationof theflate of oar hearts and lives, d have orderedmy caufe, and now I know. jobs ail'uranc: did not growwhilft he flept or was fecure, his was not an affirance arifing from negligence, but from diligence, Some conclude what they have,no premifesfor:theywill conclude for heaven and glory, they makeno doubt but they fhall be faved, but they have no foundation to build this tower of affarance upon, they ca .1 fay nothing towarrant or bear up theirconfidence. It is an ea;ì thing to fay, 11¿now I/hall be juflified, but it is a hard thing for a man to fay, I have orderedmy caaffe. They who fay they kirow they (hall be juftified before they' haveordered their caufe, do but build cailles in the air,whereas this cattle fhould be built upon ,Chrift, he is the foundation. Some are as confidentas confidence it fell, who yet are as ignorant as ignorance it felt : fome are as confident as confidence it fell, who yetareas prophane as pro- phanenefs it fell, as, proud as pride it fell, as worldly as the world it felf: Is this theordering of our caufe ? or can they or- der their caufewhole hearts and lives are thus out oforder ? A true believer is able to thew fomewhat for it, whyhe is fo fare hecan PhewChrift (as I may fo fpeak) his bracelets and his love- tokens, he can tell Chrifl of the fecret fmiles and kiffes whichhe bathgivenhis foul fome timeorother : he can fay,Chrifl iscome tome both bywater and bloud, he can produce the graces and the aftings of his Spirit, and can fay, by thefe I am affured, by thefe I am.grownup to this perfwalion, that nothing luía11 ever feparate me from thelove of God. If any man fayhe is, lure he (hall be juflìified, let him confider howhe came by his affurance: Have youordered your caufe, and viewed your !late in the glafs oftheword ? hath that prefented toyou juftification,pardon and peace flowingtoyou in the loudof Chriil? If it hefo,=you may lay
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