3o6 SpiritualSenfi wherein it conf f s. Pfa1.130 You are therefore to receive forgivenefs by a pure Ad of be- lieving, in the wayand manner before at large defcribed. And Jo not think that it is not in you, unlefs you have contlantly a fJirirualfenfeofitin your hearts. See in the mean time that your Faith bringeth forth Obedience, and God in due rime will eaufe it to bring forthPeace. The like may be Paid concerning the other head of Grace; though it be not fo dire unto our purpofe, yet tending alfo to the relief of the foul in its depths. This is the Grace that we havefrom God in Chrif for our fant3ification : When the foul cannot. find this in himfelf, when he hath not a fpiritual fenfe and experience of its in -being and power, when it cannot evi- dently diflinguith it from that which is not right or genuine , It is filled with fears and perplexities, and thinks it is yet in its fin. He is fo indeed who bath no Grace in him ; but not he alwaies who canfind none in him : But there are d.fferent things. Aman may have Grace, and yet not have it at forne times anucb a Iirg; he may have Grace for life, when he hath it not (or fruitfulnefi and comfort, though it be his duty fo to have it Rev. 3.2. 2 Tim. t. 6. And a man may have Grace al,7ing in him, and yet not know, not be fenfible that he hath ailingGrace. We fee perlons frequently under great temptations ofappre- henfion that they have no Grace at all, andyet at the fame time to the clearefl conviäion of all who are able to difcern fpiri- tual things, fweetly and genuinely to ail Faith, Love, Submit_ lion unto God,and that in an high and eminent manner,Pfa.88. Heman complains that he wasfree among the dead; a man ofno ftrength, veer. 4, 5. as one that had no f iritual life, no Grace. This atHi61ed his mind, and almofi diffralled him, veil-. 15. and yet there can be no greater expref ions ofFaith andLove to God, than are mixed withhis complaints. There things I fay then, are not to be judged of by 17iri- tnal fenfe, but we arc to live by faith about them. And no foul ought to conclude, that becaufe it bath not the one, it hath not the other ; that becaufe it hath not Joy and Peace, it hath no intereft in pardon and forgivenefs. RULE
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