The mischiefs of self-ignorance and the benefits of self-acquaintance opened in divers sermons at…

4. Did you know Christ within you, it would much help you in believing what is written of him in the Gospel. Though to the ungodly the mysteries of the Kingdom of God do seem incredible: yet when you ⟨p. 358⟩have experience of the power of it on your souls, and find the Image of it on your hearts, and the same Christ within you conforming you to what he commandeth in his word, this will work such a suitableness to the Gospel in your hearts, as will make the work of faith more easy. Saith the Apostle, 1 Joh. 4.14, 16. [We have seen & do testify that the Father sent the Son to be the Saviour of the world (there's their outward experience) And we have known and believed the Love that God hath to us: God is Love; and he that dwelleth in Love, dwelleth in God, and God in him: (There is their Faith confirmed by their inward evidence: N• wonder if they that have God dwelling […] them by holy love, do believe the love […] God hath to them.) This is the great advantage that the sanctified have in the work […] faith above those that much excel them […] disputing, and are furnished with more Arguments for the Christian verity; Christ hath his witness abiding in them. The fruits of the spirit bear witness to the incorruptible […] the word of God that liveth and abideth for ever, 1 Pet. 1.23. The impress on the […] heard witness to the seal that caused i• […] it is not a weak & uneffectual Argument for the Truth of the Gospel that Believer […] to ⟨p. 359⟩fetch from within, when they plead the effects of it on their souls. Labour to know the Truth of your sanctification, that you may be confirmed by it in the Truth of the word that sanctifieth you, Joh. 17.17. and may rejoice in him that hath chosen you to salvation, through sanctification of the spirit and belief of the truth, 2 Thes. 2.13.