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Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…
Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of Jesus as carrying on the great work of mans salvation from first to last / by Isaac Ambrose ...
London: printed for Richard Chiswel, 1680
Book 5 › Chapter 5 › Section 5: Of Believing in Jesus in that respect.
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
3. Yet having the same discovery, rule and copy before thee, thou must exercise faith thereupon, as that which was performed, and is accepted on thy behalf. And so go to God, and there represent, offer, and tender Christ's holy life and active obedience unto him. And that first to fill up the defects of thy utmost endeavour: Secondly, to put a righteousness, price, value, and worth upon what thou dost and attainest to. Thirdly, to make Christ's righteousness thy own, that thou mayest say with the Psalmist in way of assurance, O God my righteousness. O my soul, if thou wouldst thus live by Faith, or thus act thy Faith on Christ's Life, Christ's Righteousness, Christ's active obedience; what a blessed life wouldst thou live? then mightst thou find and feel Christ's righteousness thy righteousness; I say thy Righteousness in respect of its efficacy, but not in respect of its formality; for so sinners would be their own Mediators. But of some of these Particulars I shall speak more largely in our conformity to Christ's holy Life.
3. Yet having the same discovery, rule and copy before thee, thou must exercise faith thereupon, as that which was performed, and is accepted on thy behalf. And so go to God, and there represent, offer, and tender Christ's holy life and active obedience unto him. And that first to fill up the defects of thy utmost endeavour: Secondly, to put a righteousness, price, value, and worth upon what thou dost and attainest to. Thirdly, to make Christ's righteousness thy own, that thou may'st say with the Psalmist in way of assurance, O God my righteousness. O my soul, if thou would'st thus live by Faith, or thus act thy Faith on Christ's Life, Christ's Righteousness, Christ's active obedience; what a blessed life would'st thou live? then mightst thou find and feel Christ's righteousness thy righteousness; I say thy Righteousness in respect of its efficacy, but not in respect of its formality; for so sinners would be their own Mediators. But of some of these Particulars I shall speak more largely in our conformity to Christ's holy Life.
2. For encouragements to bring on souls thus to believe on Christ, consider,—