Vuu.z6. Is dead. J That is, falfe, or ufelefs to all tae ends and purpofes of faith . ' · · 'For praftical Notes fee Verfes 17, zo. only obferve: o/Jforvat. 'That nak.fd profelfron, in rtfpea of truef~tith, is but Ill a dead hody and cArcafs. 'Iis fo in two refpeels: 1. 'Tis noi[ofll, as a rotten carcafs ; a carnai Chri£l:ian is the carcafs of a erne ChriO:ian, there are che lineamems with corruption ; an impure life vailt>d un– der profd.lion,is as noifom to God,as a dead body is to you. When carnal profdfors draw nigh to Chrifi, he goeth furth<.r off, ' as you would from what ofFendeth; Mat. 7• 13· Depart from J»e, ye . worfters of iniquity, I cannot endure your prefence: when they * ~J'il' x.~r~ ~ome to him in .prayer, the pr.4yer of the Wirked is a~omin~ttion, J(!t- u'')tt~> ltke the breath that cometh from rotten lungs. z, "' T1s ufelefs, as , i ~ 7 ,.. ~ to all the purpofes offaith; it cannot unite you to Chrifi. that you '71''~ 7 '~•~~~ may poffefs your felves ofhis Righteoufnefs, or give you a feeling ..., 0 9 1 ~ ot his Spirit: In tbort,it bringethnoglery to God, yieldeth no com~ ~h::ioft~~ fort to him that bath it, and "':l ?enefic to others; ?f no more ufe, lth.4- de s.,_ then a dead body, when the fptms are gone. fcrdoti(J. The end of the fecond Chapter.
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