TheSoule' ef s.ualleallingto Chrift. 421 llaves to theDevill, and in fpirituall bondage, under finne,hell,anddeath; but faith fees a man upon the Chore , and brings him home unto Chrift; as Iohn 5.24. He that lothbeletve, upa ed fromdeath to life; Lord, faith the poore foule, t confeffe,I was in themouthof hell, but now I am paffed from death to life : faith fessa man beyond finne, and death, and all, therefore the foule fhould be thankful], and finga longofprailetin- to the LordhisGod. Now there are two bottomes from the former Doetrine, which give foot-hold to your com- fort : 1 ?irft,by beleeving,all thegoodnefïe and mer- de ofGod is thine,andhecannot ,nay,hewillnot deny thee; therefore thoumayftwith boldneffe challenge the goodof all that merde and good- neffeofhis. When God bath engaged hirnigife to be a God to thee, and to thy feed after the ,he cannot take away his mercy from a faithful' foule, becaufe hee cannot deny himfelfe, bee will not defile his truth and his promife ; therefore the Saints ofGod cannot but be partakers of all this mercie acid goodneffe y the Apoftle faith, Ephef 3, 17. Chris? dwelt in our hearts byfaith; fo Colin 2. 3. lu whom are hid allthe treafures afrap domeand knowledge; now gather. up all, and the fumme is thusmuch, and there youmay feehow the comfort comes by faith 'I lay hold upon a Saviour, in whom dwell all the treafures ofwif- dome acid knowledge, and fo I lay hold upon thefe : what wouldyou have ? and what is it that Eh h may
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