+74 c H R I s T IS A L L AND IN ALL: Book II. God. 4· What is Prayer, or any Duty Saints can perform, if they meet not with him in it, and if it be not done to his Glory? An Ordinance without Chrilt, is but as a Cabinet without a Jewel, or a Shell without the Kernel. 16. Again, Chrilt is (as one faith) All from the Father, All to the Father, and All with the Father. (I.) All from the Father: I am come that they may have Life, (Life here and Life hereafter,) and that they might. have it more abundantly, John x. to. The Life of Grace, and of Glory, are by Chrilt. (2.) Chrilt is A ll to the Father: I am lthc] Way, [the] 'l'ruth, and [the] Life. Every Word here hath its Article in the Greek: No Man cometh to the Father, but by me, John xiv. 6. Chrifl: is the Way wherein, the Truth whereby, and the Life where– unto we walk: Chrilt is the Way without Error, the 'l'ruth without Faljhood, and the Life without Death. 'l'rutb lies between the Way and Life, as if the Way to Life were through '!'ruth. ' (3.) Chrilt is All with the Father: I know thou heareji me alwap. Chrifl: hath God's Ear at all Times. He is the ObjeCl: of the Father's Delight: '!'his is my beloved S01z ill whom I acquiefce; fo the Greek*: It is an emphatical Word, and !ignifieth an infinite Affeetion, Matt. iii. '7· '7· Chrilt is All in all in refpett of Merit: He hath merited all for us, and con– veys all to us. As we have all propter Chriflum, fo we receive all we haveper Chriflum, through Chrifl:. He is not only the Fountain, but the Medium or Conduit-pipe. 18. Chrifl: is All in all, or the Sum of the whole Gofpel; all the Good here, or the promifed Good we fhall receive hereafter, is through him ; he is virtually every Thing to us, in every Condition. '( 1.) Art thou lick? Chrilt is thy Phyfician, and thy Phyfic too. (2 .) Art thou poor? Chrifl: is thy Riches. (3.) Art thou weary? Chrifl: is thy Refi: I willgiveyou Reji, Matt. xi. 28, 29. (4.) Art thou in Trouble? (5.) Chrirt is thy Peace: '!'his Man jhall be thy Peace when the Alfyrian comes into our Land. Art thou a Stranger? He is thy Way, and the End of thy Journey. (6.) Art thou defpifed and contemned by Men? Chrift is thy Honbr: 'l'o you that believe he is precious; in rho Greek, He is an Honor. Q!Jefl:. Who is he that makes Chrifl his All? Anf I. He makes Chrifl: his All, that owns him, believes in him, obeys, worfhips, and adores him, as God over all, Rom. viii. 5· 2. He that loves him above all. 3· He that denies himfelf of and forfakes all for Jefus Chrifi's fake, and follows him. 4· He that aims at Chrifl:, and exalts him in all he is, bath, doth, or undergoeth: Yea, doubtlefs I account all'l'hiHgs but Lofs,for the Excelle11cy of the Knowledge of Jefus Chrifl my Lord, for whom I havefuifered the Lofs of all Thilzgs, a11d do account them but Dung, that !may win Chrijl, Phi/. iii. 8. Gal. ii. 20. . . . 5· He makes Chrifl: his All, that wholly lives b~ h1m, ~or h1m, and to h'!"· 6. He makes Chrilt hi• All, who cannot be fausfied With any Thmg thiS World affords, or can afford, without him. 7· The Man that makes Chrilt his All, will not take any of his Right andHonor from him; he will not diminifh his Glory, or afcnbe that to the Creature wh1ch be- ~~roQ~ . 8. He that makes Chrilt his All, will not be contented with any Ordmance or Duty. if he have not his influencing, quickening, and comforting Prefence. 9 . He makes Chrilt his All,. who, w~en it comes in competition, will let all go, even his own Life, before he w1ll part w1th htm. . . . 10. He that makes Chrilt his All, likes and loves h1m m all: He loves not the Samts chiefly becaufe they are of his Opinion in every Thing, but for that of Chnlt he fees in them. h' l'k h' I 1• He makes Chrilt his All, that longs above all T mgs to be 1 e tm, and to have his Image implanted in his Heart. 3 ~eft.
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