I: 011 209 i return from this Dignj]ion. HEREBY we may nnderftand whether th_e Lord Chrifr do rh fo witl• tb ,zw htm{elf, as that we do not, as that we cannot behold his g:ory by Faith in a dne manner, which is the thiPg enqnired after. For if we grow ?verrk m our G'Tv:cr: s, l!n• fpiritual in our Frar:nes, cold in our fl.. ffetl: ions, or .negligent in the exercife.of them by hoiy Medica .. tion, it is evident that he is at a great difhmce from . us, fo as that we do not behold ·his Glory as we; ought. If the weather grow cold,. Herbs and Plants do wither, and the Froft begins to bind up the earth, all men grant that the Srm is with-; drawn, and m~.es not its wonted approach unto us. And if ir.be fo with our Hearts, that they grow co!rl, froz,en, 7vithering, lifelefs in and unto fptritual Dmies, it is certain that the Lord Cbrift is in fame fence withdrawn, and that we do not .beho~ d his Glory. \'Ale retain Notions of Truth con-, cerning his Perfon, Office and Grace; but faith: is not in conftant exercife, as to real views of him and his Glory. For there is nothing .more certain in Chriftian Experience than this is, that while we do re.ally by Faith behold the Glory o~ . Chrift , as,propofedin the Gofpel, the Glory of. bis Perfon and Ofijce _as before de,fc~ibed, and fo , abide in Holy Thoughts and .Med itations thereo~ efpecially in our private Duties and Retirements, alL Grace will live and thrive in t1s in fon1e mea.. fure, efpecially love unto his Perfon, and there~.: in Unto all that belongs UntO )1irp. , Let US . bUt pt't it to the trial, and we £hall infa!libly find the prom.ifed event. DO
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