246 glory of 1fork,e of Grace Chrifft. houfe from finking, when the winds and waves did beate and blow upon it ; Chrift is the Arke that beares thee up, as Noah was borne up in the Detuge ; Chrift is the Ihield and buckler, andwall of fire that defends then ; it is Chrifts po- wer in thee, it is Chrifts prefence with thee,as with the three children in the fiery furnace, that ftrengrhens, and inabls thee to hold out, that makes theevictorious over all oppofìug powers. In a word, it is Chrift that works all thy works of grace and peace, faith and love, hope and patience, conflancy and períeverance in thee ; 'hr begins the lifeofgracc within thee, andcontinues it ro the life of glory : Afcribe therefore to the Lord Jetas the praifeofall thy goodneffe,acknowledge -him to be the giver of all thy gifts, the Authour of all thy holy and gracious works, the Sonne that bath enlightened thy darkneff:, the rl ickni»z Spirit who bath enlivened and freed thee from thy deadneffe, the Phyftian who bath healed thy difeafes, the Counfellor who bath refolved thee in all thy1 doubtings, the fiery pillar who bath gone before thee, prote- sting and guiding thee in all thy goings the C Mofes rod whichbath divided the waters, and made a paf tge for thee, through the red Sea cf all thy aftlidions ; the .Capt,rine w1,o bath overcome for thee in all thy Conquefts ; and the Kind who ofhis owne mercy èrownes thee, and his owne works in thee, after ah thy tryals : Let Chrüt have the glory ofall from thee, b caufe he accompliiheth all for thee by his living in thee. CHAi'. XXT, "rHe third thing in thefe words, is, an Ati, liveth. Chrifts i living in man ; the fade liveth in thebody, enlivening, preferving, and flrengthening thebody ; and Chrift liveth in man, enlivening man with the life of grace, preferving man in
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