416 necíoufs . raítD 39. from Gods Love to us , or ours to him. pvrxaá f , we over - overcome all things in our way to Heaven ; our Graces cannot fail below as long as Chrift is pleading above on our be, half. Moreover, the Believer looks not only to his Graces, but to the Pro - mifes, in which God is pleafed to bind him - felf, that they (hall be kept alive to the end. St. Paul praying for the 2heffalonians, That their whole fpirit and foul and body might be perferved blamelefs unto the coming of Chri (t ; immediate- ly adds a fweet Promife, Faithful is he that calleth you, who alfo will do it, i Thef:5.23, 24. Believers and their Graces are taken into Gods own hand And where can they be fafer ? But may they not be plucked from thence ?No,None fhall pluck them out of mine or my Fathers hand, faith our Saviour, Job. ro. 28, 29. But may they not of themfelves fall out of it ? No, though they fall out, yet they (hall not be latterly cart down, for the Lord upholdetb them with his hand, Pfal.37.24. But will he always do fo ? Yes, He will confirm them unto the end, i Cor. 1.8. And how will he do it ? He will put his fear in their hearts, that they fhali not depart from him, Jer. 3 2. 40. He will put bis Spirit into them, and caufe them to walk in his (latutes, Ezek. 36.27. And what though their Fear and other Graces be defective, and want filling up; yet He which did begin the good work in them, iwai TkE1, will perform it until the day of Chrift, Phil. i. 6. And what if temptations and fiery darts fly about on all
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