Conformity unto C!Jrift, cHAP. XV. Conformity unto Ch"(i.ft, and following his £:xample.. TH~ third thing propofed to declare the ufe of the Perfo~ oj Chrifl _in Religi~n, .is that Conformity which is. requi– red ofus unto h1m. Th1s 1s the great defign and proJefrioll ofall Believers. ~very one of them hath the ldtea or Image· ofChriil: in his mind ; in the Eye ofFaith, as it is reprefenred unto him in the Glafs of the GofpeL Kex-rro7rfe;.,d!Jv€vot if JrJ?ex-v 'iWe)11, 2 Cor. cap. 3· v. 18.. We_ behold his Glory in aGlafl, which implant$ the Image of it on our minds. A,nd hereby the mind -is transformed into the fame Image, made like unto Chrifi fo reprefented unto us, which is the confor– mity we fpeak o£ Hence every true Believer hath his heart under the conduct of an ha!Jitual Inclination and defire to be like unto Chrifl:. And it were eafy to demonflrate that where this is not, there is neither Fai_th nor Love. Faith will caft the foul into theform orframe of the thing, /;elieved, Rom.6.17. " And all fincere Love worketh an Afiimulation, Wherefore the befi evidence of a real Principle of the Life of God in any foul, ofthefincerityofFaith, Loveand Obedience, is an in· ternal cordial endeavour, operative on all occafions, after conformity unto Jefus Chrifi. There are two parts ofthe Duty propofed.The firfi refiJects. the internal Grace and Holinefs· of the Humane Nature of Chrifl:; The other his example in Duties ofObedience. And both ofthem, both materially, as tothethings wherein they confift, and formal!J, as they. ·were his, or inhiml belong un– to the conftitution ofa true Difciple. .1. Internal Conformity unto his habitual Grace and Holi. itefs
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