i prebends vs : and this apprehenfon of his , workcs invs the apprchenfion of faith, whcrby we lay hold vpon him. Phil. 3. r 2. When Chrift makes tntercefTion for vs in heaucn , there is another interccffionwroughtin our hearts by the fpi- 5 rit,whcrebywe crie Ab6afather,Rorrh8.26.The death ofChrift hath avcrtue init,toworke invs the deathoffinde. Thusdoth the fpirit of GodPeale vs to the dayofour redcmption.By this may we know thatwe belong to God, if we finde any impref lion ofthegrace ofGod in vs. The funnc by his light fhincs so ! upon vs,and by the fame light we view and behold the fanne. Laflly,here is the foundation of true comfort. Our faith loth not faue vs , becaufe it is a perfea vcrtuc: Put becaufe it apprehends a perfcílr obica;namely,theperfea obedience of Chrift.So then,ifour faith erre notin his ootce, but be rightly s 5 fixedon the true cauCes of our faluation , though it be but a weake faith , and doe no more but caufc vs towill, defit e, and indeauour to apprehend Chrift, it is true faith,and iufltficth:- the weakeneffèofit fhall not hinder our faluatìon,whic,h (lads notin this,thatwe knawe God , butin this, that God knowes' 20 vs,whofc knowledge is perfea andcannot fade. Againe, our faluation Rands not in our apprehenfion ofChrift, but in Clirias apprehendingof vs.Phi1.3. i a. This knowledge of Godwherebyhe knowes vs, bath two properties.Firit,it is fpeciall, whereby he knowes all the ele& euen by narne.Fxod ; 3.i 7. Againc,it is a perpetuall and vn- changeable knowlcdge.For-whomcGod onceknowes,he ne- uer forgets,xfai,49. t 5. The third eflate of tire Galatians is their eftate in their re- uolt or Apoftafiè,in thefe-words, Howturneyeafain to impotent ;p and beggary rstdimentt,wherettnto alfrom the beginninTye rill 6o in bondage againe ? or thus, to whichye =Woefernice agarne di from the beginning?' The words carrie this fenfe: Howtterneye againe?that is,it is an intollerableoffence inyou,hauingknowneGod,to returnd' 35 againe to the rudiments ofthe law.By rudiments we are to vn- derf}andCircumcifion,the Iewif}t facrifices, and all the cere monies ofthe law ofNlofcs- And it maynot feeme ftrange,thar i.they are called impotent and beggarly rudiments, . For they tuft be confidered three waies,withChrift , without Chriftq land agai.nft atria. Witlx Chrift,wh'emtheyarc conftdcred as p ct 3: types theEpïjle to the Galatians. Chap..}. 5
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