Remains of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…Remaines of that excellent minister of Jesus Christ, Mr. Joseph Alleine being a collection…

(First.) You are the Election of Grace. (Secondly,) You are the first born of God. (Thirdly,) You are the first fruits of the Creation. (Fourthly,) You are the Remnant of escape. (Fifthly,) You are the Burgesses of heaven. (Sixthly,) You are the Members of Christ. (Seventhly,) You are the living stones of the Temple. Blessed is the man, you will say, whose happiness this is. But this damps my Joy and comfort, lest I should not be the man. Now lest this should damp thy Joy, let me give thee two Characters, by which thou mayst come to know whether this be thy case. Thou mayst know it by the Transactions that have passed ⟨p. 103⟩between Christ and thy Soul: and by the Treasure that hath been made choice of by thee.

(First.) You are the Election of Grace. (Secondly,) You are the first born of God. (Thirdly,) You are the first fruits of the Creation. (Fourthly,) You are the Remnant of escape. (Fifly,) You are the Burgesses of heaven. (Sixthly,) You are the Members of Christ. (Seventhly,) You are the living stones of the Temple. Blessed is the man, you will say, whose happiness this is. But this damps my Joy and comfort, lest I should not be the man. Now lest this should damp thy Joy, let me give thee two Characters, by which thou mayst come to know whether this be thy case. Thou mayst know it by the Transactions that have passed ⟨p. 103⟩between Christ and thy Soul: and by the Treasure that hath been made choyce of by thee.

First, By the Transactions that have passed between Christ and thee. Hast thou passed under the Bond of his Covenant? as Christ hath offered himself to thee, hast thou again delivered up thy self to him? hast thou renounced all thy known sins? And took the Lord Jesus Christ for •hy Head and Husband, to love, honour, obey him above all? hast thou considered the conditions of Christ, and accepted of them all? and sayest as my Lord saith, so I will do. Doth thy heart close with the self-denying laws of Christ, and art resolved not to allow thy self in any known sin; but to rise again by repentance? If so, thou art the man I am speaking of.