pecíouló fait4: 28s Faith makes a man poor and contrite, fenfibly lying in his own Nothingnefs and unworthi- nefs, then creating Grace comes upon him. We may fee this as in a glafs in the Humane Na- ture of Chrifl:That which had no natural Sub - fflenceof its own,but fitbfifted in the Eternal Word; that had the Spirit poured out upon it above meafure. When a man bath no Moral fubfiftence of his own;his veryHypofafasbeing a relignation;when his fubfiftence is in the Word of God according to that of the Apoftle, zúaois i$r, Have thy being in theje things, i Tim. 4. i 5. Then the holy Spirit comes down and dwells in him. Secondly, It i6 congruous to Chrift the Head: Union goes before Communion ; firft, Faith unites us to Chrift, and then all Graces flow from him : hence Faith is called the Churches neck, Cant. 4.4. knitting to Chrift the Head, and from thence deriving all Spiritual life into the body of Believers.This alto is fet before us in Chrifts Humane Nature, which had firfl, at leaft in nature, the Grace of Union, and then that of Untion ; He that is in Chrift it a new Creature, 2 Cor. 5. 17. made fo by his being in Chrift ; He that loath the Son,hath life, r loh. 5. 12. Hath it by having the Son. Indeed Faith and Repentance go before our Union with Chrift, as being of neceffity thereunto ; but all other Graces follow after it, as moft na- turally flowing from Chrift the Head, of whole fulnef all Believers receive Grace for Grace. Thirdly, It is congruous to the way of the Spi- rit
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