The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . ^faith. This agrees to the language of his own pi ay-er to the Father, I in them, and thou in me, that ,they may be madeperfeB in one. This will be thorow- ^h]y iinderftood in the viiions of another ftate, /« thai ver. i. 6 4§o Believd on m the World. y^^^^^Y^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^J^^ He told his difci^xiv. 20. P^^5» ^ g^ ^^^y ^*^d, come againy becaufe I live, yepall live alfi. He tha
The Mystery of godliness, consider'd in lxisermons : wherein the deity of Christ is prov'd upon no other evidence than the Word of God, and with no other view than for the salvation of men . ^faith. This agrees to the language of his own pi ay-er to the Father, I in them, and thou in me, that ,they may be madeperfeB in one. This will be thorow- ^h]y iinderftood in the viiions of another ftate, /« thai ver. i. 6 4§o Believd on m the World. y^^^^^Y^ ^^^^^^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^ ^^J^^ He told his difci^xiv. 20. P^^5» ^ g^ ^^^y ^*^d, come againy becaufe I live, yepall live alfi. He that has begun a good work^ isto perform it to the day of Chrifl Jefns. So that believing is a continued reft of Soul up- _ on him. Your faith muft be often looking thi- Cant. viii. ^j^ej.^ ^^ i^ ^ij-^ ^^^j, ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ ^j: ^^^ wildernefi J^^^^^l ^^ her beloved f Thus he advifes, jibide inV- ^^^ ^^^ ^ inyoH, As the branch cannot bear frnit ofit Jeifi except it abide in the vine; no more can ye»except ye abide in me. I am the vine, ye are thsbranches : He that abides in me, and I in him, thsfame brings forth much fruity for without me ye cando nothing. Aug. .; SERMON (^*^^i^iMS HEN we believe in Chrift, we regard him as our great Comforter in every time of need. Theres a diftindion that you ought to obferve in this cafe which will keep you out of a miftake that many people run into. I do not afTert that faith always takes into it the joys of the holy Ghofb, for we know there Ik. o. sre perfons who Jit in darknefs, and fee no light, and yzz fear the Lord, and hearken to the voice of his fer^ vant. But you muft own, that even thefe are looking. H. jefus that they may be lighten d. They have no ^ other friend to trufb to. This is a rock that is Ixi. 2. higher than themfelves^ where they feek a fhelter Believd on in the World, 481 ivhen their fifils are overivhelmd within them; andS E R M. therefore they are exhorted to truft in the Lord;, and XXXIII.
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