A saint or a brute the certain necessity and excellency of holiness, &c. ...…

3. And when once you are truly engrafted into Christ, he is your worthiness, and your righteousness, and the treasury of your souls; and what you want in your own possession, you have in his hands; and as what you have is but his gift, so what you want he is able and ready to supply. Look not too much to your selves, as if your safety and happiness were principally in your own hand. God hath given us eternal life, ¹and this life is in his son. He that hath the son, hath life, 1 Joh. 5. 10, 11. It is through him that we can do all things, so far as he strengtheneth us: and without him we can do nothing. Make use of him therefore as the Lord of life, and joyfully acknowledge all that you receive, and stand not dejectedly lamenting that you need him. If you would have the waters of life, go to the fountain, and do not sit down and fruitlessly vex your selves with complaining of your wants, instead of seeking for supplies. Is there not an all sufficient Physician of souls at hand? Doth he not freely offer you his help? what though you are not suddenly cured? wounds may be caused in an hour, but they use not to be cured in an hour. Stay his time, and use his remedies, and cheerfully trust him, and you shall find the cure successfully; go on, though it will not be finished till death.

3. And when once you are truly ingraffed into Christ, he is your worthiness, and your righteousness, and the treasury of your souls; and what you want in your own possession, you have in his hands; and as what you have is but his gift, so what you want he is able and ready to supply. Look not too much to your selves, as if your safety and happiness were principally in your own hand. God hath given us eternal life, ¹and this life is in his son. He that hath the son, hath life, 1 Joh. 5. 10, 11. It is through him that we can do all things, so far as he strenghteneth us: and without him we can do nothing. Make use of him therefore as the Lord of life, and joyfully acknowledge all that you receive, and stand not dejectedly lamenting that you need him. If you would have the waters of life, goe to the fountain, and do not sit down and fruitlesly vex your selves with complaining of your wants, instead of seeking for supplyes. Is there not an all sufficient Physicion of souls at hand? Doth he not freely offer you his help? what though you are not suddenly cured? wounds may be caused in an hour, but they use not to be cured in an houre. Stay his time, and use his remedies, and cheerfully trust him, and you shall find the cure successfully; go on, though it will not be finished till death.