SER. 16 · I ·'Trium(Jb of Faith; · -I5f Cdpacious Apprehedions of the Wor~h, Value, Dignity and· Power of t~at dear.Ranfo_m, and of infir;ite Mercv. 'T1s Fatth to belte~e th1s GojpetCJ~ uJh, which is, Heb, v1i. 25. ' That Chrift is ' a . 1::- tot' \'e to the utmoft all thofe that come to ' him. ~ If I 'bt·l'eve foLtndly wh::rt free Grace c.tn do, I believe aHo ioundly what free Grace will do, 'Tis true, Chrift can fave. many, whom he nevt r w·ll favt:; but the Faith ofthe Power of .Mere) , md of his will to fave, is of a far other' Confideration. 4· It mufl then be the prevailing of a T'erpptation, not to clare to come to Chrift, becaui.e I am a Dog, and unworthy. I Becauie fin is no porr.er but' toward the Door of Chrifl:'s ltfoufe of Free-Gracf.', Mercy keepeth the Keys; Sin may ob1ea my evil deferving, but it capnot ohieEl: Chrift's rich deferving. 2. That which maketh me unworthy, and Gracelefs, and unfit to be iaved, may make Chrift wor.thy and gracious to iave ; my fin may be Chrift's rich Grace. Though fin maketh me unworthy of Chrift, yet it maketh me a fit paffivc Objea for the Phyfici:m Chrift ro work on ; and maketh not Chri(l unworthy_to f~we. If I feel fin, it then faith, Thou att the very Perfon by Name that Chrift feeke th. Therefore is the Senfe of fin required as a Condition in all that cometh to Chrift, whether it be before Converfion, or aft~rConverfion, whe11 Acts of Faith are renewed. O~j. ' But we find by • Experien(,:e, that true Poverty of Spirit, & fenfe ' of finful W retchednefs, doth kill and deftroy any ' fight of Guilt & wickednefs inmyfelf; ifl rightly fee Chrift, I fhall not alfo fee any Unworthinefs ' in myfel£ 'An[. This EKperience is not warranted by the wordofTruth. Theie may well con5ft together. That
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