Some general directions for a comfortable walking with God delivered in the lecture at…Some generall directions for a comfortable walking with God deliuered in the lecture at…

IV. Exercise thy self continually, and be excellent in that only Heaven upon Earth, and sweetest Sanctuary to¹ an hunted soul, the Life of faith. Which to live in some good measure, is the duty and property of every living member of Christ Jesus. Love therefore, and labour to live by the power of faith, the life of salvation, sanctification, preservation. 1. Of salvation, thus: Let thy truly-humbled soul, grieved and groaning under the burden of sin, throw it self into the meritorious, and merciful arms of Jesus Christ, wounded, broken, and bleeding upon the Cross; and there let it hold, and hide it self for ever in full assurance of eternal life, by virtue of that promise, Joh. 3. 36. He that believeth on the Son, hath everlasting life. For having thus laid hold upon him, He by his Spirit doth communicate first himself unto thee; then both the merit of his death for remission of thy sins; and of his active obedience for thy right to salvation and happiness; and withal, the power of his Spirit, to quicken thee to the life of grace in this World, and to raise up thy body to the life of glory at the last day. 2. Of sanctification: If thou keep thy faith, the fountain, root and heart, as it were, from which all thine other graces spring, in life and vigour, thou shalt pray more comfortably, be more courageously patient, hear the Word more fruitfully, receive the Sacraments more joyfully, pass the ⟨p. 54⟩Sabbaths more delightfully, confer more cheerfully, meditate more heavenly, walk in all the ways of new obedience with more strength, and conquest over corruptions. For ordinarily, every Christian shall find the exercise of other graces to be comfortable, or cold, according to the liveliness, or languishing of his faith. 3. Of preservation, both temporal and spiritual.

IV. Exercise thy selfe continually, and bee excellent in that onely Heauen vpon Earth, and sweetest Sanctuarie to¹ an hunted soule, the Life of faith. Which to liue in some good measure, is the duty and property of euery liuing member of Christ Iesus. Loue therefore, and labour to liue by the power of faith, the life of saluation, sanctification, preseruation. 1. Of saluation, thus: Let thy truely-humbled soule, grieued and groaning vnder the burden of sinne, throw it self into the meritorious, and merciful armes of Iesus Christ, wounded, broken, and bleeding vpon the Crosse; and there let it hold, and hide it selfe for euer in full assurance of eternall life, by vertue of that promise,