Looking unto Jesus a view of the everlasting gospel, or, the souls eying of…

1. In respect of us, it is diffused throughout the whole man; the very God of peace sanctify you wholly (saith the Apostle) and I pray God that your whole spirit, ¹soul, and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And. 2. In respect of Grace, it is in every Grace; I know it is a question, whether all Graces are so connected and chained together, that possible they cannot be severed? but I suppose it is truly answered, that in respect of habit they cannot be severed, though in respect of the act or exercise they may be severed; some Graces are more radical than others, as faith and love, and therefore they first appear; but as a man lives first the life of a plant, then of sense, then of reason, though all were radically there at first; so it is in graces; experience tells us that some Christians are eminent in some graces; and some in other graces; some have more love, and some more knowledge, and some more patience, and some more self-denial; but all that are true Christians have each of these graces in some measure or other; or at least they have them in habit, though not in the act; if vivication be true, there is a whole work of grace both in heart and life; as the light in the air runs through the whole hemisphere, so the whole work of grace runs through, and is diffused through the whole man, soul, body, and spirit. O my soul, this may put thee to thy study, because of the several constitutions or tempers of graces; thou mayest find this or that grace, this or that image of Christ clearly stamped on thy heart; but thou canst not find such and such graces; in this case, fear not, for if in truth and sincerity thou hast but one grace, thou hast the whole chain of graces. But to speak to some graces in particular.

1. In respect of us, it is diffused throughout the whole man; the very God of peace sanctifie you wholly (saith the Apostle) and I pray God that your whole spirit, ¹soul, and body may be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. And. 2. In respect of Grace, it is in every Grace; I know it is a question, whether all Graces are so connexed and chained together, that possible they cannot be severed? but I suppose it is truly answered, that in respect of habit they cannot be severed, though in respect of the act or exercise they may be severed; some Graces are more radical than others, as faith and love, and therefore they first appear; but as a man lives first the life of a plant, then of sense, then of reason, though all were radically there at first; so it is in graces; experience tells us that some Christians are eminent in some graces; and some in other graces; some have more love, and some more knowledg, and some more patience, and some more self-denial; but all that are true Christians have each of these graces in some measure or other; or at least they have them in habit, though not in the act; if vivication be true, there is a whole work of grace both in heart and life; as the light in the ayre runs through the whole hemisphere, so the whole work of grace runs through, and is diffused through the whole man, soul, body, and spirit. O my soul, this may put thee to thy study, because of the several constitutions or tempers of graces; thou mayest find this or that grace, this or that image of Christ clearly stampt on thy heart; but thou canst not find such and such graces; in this case, fear not, for if in truth and sincerity thou hast but one grace, thou hast the whole chaine of graces. But to speak to some graces in particular.