S.Ei , 2 i · Triumpl1 of Paith; . 2-., cwas preqc.hinr, with Divine Power, an<.! ~v~dence of the fp1r1t of God. 4· The true Believer s. foul bath Influence on the Promifes, to aa upon them; to draw Comfort 4i>Ut of them, Pfal. cxix. 92. Vfn,. left thy Law had been my delight, I jhouJd. 1 have per~fhed in mine affiiclion, ver.81. My /out 'nteth for thy falvation : (But) I hope in th)t c:.vord, and there~s 'a Reciprocation o_f Actions he:a; the Word aCl:eth m)on th~ foul agaltl, Pfal: cxJx. 50. ~his is my comfort in mv i ffiic1ion, for thy JiVord bath quickened me. A dead Fai th is like a dead hand, a liviug hand may lay hold on a. deaa h:-.nd: But there's no Retiprocation ·of Actions here, the dead Hand canno~ lay hold on the living hand: So the 1iv3ng Wife may kifs a.nd imbrace the dead Husband, hut there can come no reciprocal ACt ofLife from the dead Husband; to her, not· can he kifs and imbrace her : The Promife may aB: upon the natural fpirit, to move and affect him, but he can put fOrth no vital AB: upon the Promife to imbrace it, or lay h@ld upon the Promife : But the Pn>mife acteth upon the Believer to qtl icke~ hi~; amfhe again p~ltteth forth an AB: ot Ltfe to tmbrace the flromtfe', and putteth forth on it fame Act of vital Heat to adhere and cleave to, and with Warmnefs of Heart to lov:e it: And here the Cafe is, as when the living hand layeth hold on the living Hand, they ,warm one another mutually, according to that which Paut faith, Phit. iii. t 2. 13ut JfoUo·w after, if that I may apprehend that for wl;;ich alJo 1 a_ m. appre~ended of . Cbr~(l .7c{~IS. . Here he tw<"~ l1vmg Thmgs, Chrtfi, ~nd beltev1ng Pau./. aB:mg m~ tually one upon another, ther~1s a Ht>art and a Ltfe upon each fide. · T 2 5· Fai~h ,
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