UNION WITH CHRIST.
Stay not in some transient comforts, but abide restless till thou
seest a union betwixt thee and this blessed One, to wit, that he is
a root and thou a branch--that he is head, and thou a member. And
then shalt thou know that the case is so between thee and him, when
grace and his Spirit have made thee to lay the whole stress of thy
justification upon him, and have subdued thy heart and mind to be
one spirit with him.
LIFE OF FAITH.
O man or woman, whoever thou art, that art savingly convinced by the
Spirit of Christ, thou hast such an endless desire after the Lord
Jesus Christ, that thou canst not be content with any thing below
the blood of the Son of God to purge thy conscience withal; even
that blood that was shed without the gates. Also thou canst not be
at quiet, till thou dost see by true faith that the righteousness of
the Son of Mary is imputed unto thee and put upon thee. Rom.
3:21-23. Then also thou canst not be at quiet, till thou hast power
over thy lusts and corruptions, till thou hast brought them into
subjection to the Lord Jesus Christ. Then thou wilt never think that
thou hast enough of faith: no, thou wilt be often crying out, "Lord,
give me more precious faith; Lord, more faith in thy righteousness;
more faith in thy blood and death; more faith in thy resurrection;
and, Lord, more faith in this--that thou art now at the right hand
of thy Father in thy human nature, making intercession for me a
miserable sinner.
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