3Q T.e Baptizing of-the Eunuch. owt.ehearts out ofGods Wcrd, than thislefus Chrifi whomwe fv often name, is thatvery perfon in whom all Gods promises touchinglife and faluation are ó z Cor...,o LeaandArtier°, líaumg in him andby hico theirfullaccompiftimenr ; tkat it is p" Ioh6.,7, heewhomGod the Father hath fowled tolanehispeople from then'firmer4. if q Mai.s.aa. manthculd come tomany, who are beleeuers byprofelhcn, and fay, oh, thou that mare/t thÿboaffof ChrJ1, andthtnk li vndcr hiswings tobee fronded gat..g"the wrath ofGod, howkaowerl thou that that isthe per/on no whom Godwill bee reconciled to thee, what warrant hall than in him to f defanonr, and act,ftance with theLord? How quickelyoould they beefoyled, and how canly grauellcd in thisnecellary particular? without certainty wherein, all a mans faith is but meere I ream ptt- on. Verily I amperfwaded, that it isnot the tenth in out ordinary festers and profelfours that can tell howto make this pointgood againIf Satl:ars escila, withwhich her willvndr 'mine and batter kin the mill day that, /elm Ghnnil it thatperfon,vpanwham bee thatd.fireiflnatianfaanf?rely. For llrame 'es va net ore moreremnlfeand carelelfefor our foules," then wee would be forouroutward efface. What wife man will salue she wordor bondofassorher, vuitife hee bee fare ofhis fuf4iciency tomake thatgood for whichher offered)himlelfe, either byword or writing,tobe engaged? whereinis iman theneerer tohaste his bend for many pounds,who (it may be) isnot worthfo many groats ? HereThetford letvs find heginnein the matter of faith,let vs labour to fee tisis point well pro- ued out cube tellimony of Gods Word, that Iefùo ('hrs it the chiefe f onetied andprecious, put inSion, vpan whom whofodeleeueth,fball not bealhanied, , that bee ìrtheway, she tries h, and the life, and that do no man rasocome to the Farber, but 6y íloh. r.}.6. him ,fo her whichcommeth by him cannot be repelled. ifweezooudddel-Mid tin éá Tiara;. the Faith s, and rooted in Chrift, let vs looketo this.' It is abundantlycleered in Titr,s.;g: the Scripture. Search the Scriptures,they are they thawtepfc of Chrsp -', Well, now as I Kane difcouered the fcarcitie of' faith, by the common' defeee} in this mairegroundof Chrillianity, fo may I éafily doe it in vrgingthe: otherpart touching the particular application of the generali doftrine of Chrill Iefits. Forin itthere is as great anerrour as in thé other. I know there is an ordinary making account to bee faued by Iefus Chrifi g but yet, though therein there is akindeof fitting thedoftrine of Chrift to particulars; yet iris not that ap. placation which is the life of Faith, and which (enrofall doubt) this Eunuch hadattained to. For to the application of Chrifi there is mote belorgs then this, tofay, Cbr diedforftnners,and l hopeby him tofcapédamnation : Many(hall goe into hell, withas muchasthat comnserh to, in their moutheu, Application ofChril}is a matterofgreater confequence, And bath moregoingro it then fo. TheremuIt be linta particularconceivingofamans ovine needé ofChril} t Se eondly, anvnderllanding how that fulnelre which is in Chili} mayfüpply the particular wants of him that defireth toapply him, that fo the foule may fee how the turne thereofmayabundantly beeferuedby refting vponhim : Third- Iÿ, a diligent noting how the preaching oftheWord fitteth the particulars of Chrifisfulnelfe, tothe folliesparticular wants, that fo a mall maynet bee (as it were) hisownecarver herein,butmayfeele how the handof theLord worketh in thebufinelfeo Fourthly, acarefuli markinghow the fouleisacheeredand in- wardly refrefhedby that warmth, whichitfreiesit Cede to réceiue bycomming f}ill neerervnro Chrift g how it hath moreboldnelfe to come to the throneof giace, howit blades morefweetneffe in thedo/trine of faluation, how it bath morelife to holy feruices,how irisfurnilhed With more alacrity,andgreater de. fire towalkspithGod in new obedience ? Thus the applicationofChrifi is a- nothermanner ofthing thena fuddenconceit, that l andI (hall bee faueil by his death : fo much is common ; but toapply Chrilt isa thing which few at.: rainevnto. Thou faieli,thouartperfmadedthat C bri fermi,theSonneofçodiothy Santigurg I demand of thee, Whodid tellthee/a t What is thywarrantfo tothinke Art
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