t/;eSalvation of tl;e Churcl; from his Perjon.' 105 ties of the Divine Nature, I know nothing that may be fo efieemed. · 2. There is required hereunto, an Influence of Power into all the internal afrings of the fouls of Believers ; an intimate efficacious operation with them in every duty, and under every temptation. Thefe all of them, do look for, expefr and receive from him, as the King and Head of the Church. This alfo is an Effect ofDivine and Infinite Power. And to deny thefe things unto the Lord Chrifi, is to rafe the Foun. dation ofChrifi1an Religion. Neither Faith in him, nor Love unto him, nor Dep&ndance on him, nor O!Jerlience unto his Authority, can be preferved one moment, without a per– fwafion of his immediate Intuition and Infpection into the hearts, minds and thoughts of all men, with a real Influ– ence into all the actings of the Life of God in all them that believe~ And the want of the Faith hereof, .is that which hath. disjoyned the minds of many from adherence unto him; and hath produced a lifelefs -carcafs_of Chrifl:ian Reli– gion; infiead of the faving Power thereof. Thirdly, The f'a_me may be {aid concerning his Sacerclotal Of/ice, and all the Acts of it. It was in and by the Humane Nature that he offered himfelf a Sacrifice for us. He had fomewhat of his own to offer, He/;. 8. 3· And to this end a Body was prepared for him, chap. Io. )· But it was not the work of a man by one offering, and that ofhimfelf, to expiate the fins of the whole Church, and for ever to periefr them that are fanfrified, which he did, He!J. ·IO. 14. God was to purchafe his Church with his own Mood, Ails 20. 28. But this alfo I have fpoken to at large elfewhere. This is the fumme of what we plead for. We can have no due Confideration of the Ojfices ofChrifr, can receive no benefit by them, nor perform any AB of Duty with refpefr unto them, or any of them, unlefs Faith in his DivinePerp fon
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