7. God leaveth not the afflicted Soul in these desires and agonies, but doth so strengthen and enable the heart, that now he doth not only desire but actually receiveth and embraceth Christ; His desire is put forth into actings, so that it's ⟨p. 547⟩no longer, Oh that I could rest upon Christ! But he doth rest his soul on him with a lively recumbency; Therefore Joh. 6. believing is called coming unto Christ; Those tormenting slavish fears which affrighted him▪ Shall such a sinner as I, one that hath more offended God then many thousands approach near to him? May I not only touch the hem of his garment, but take him also in my arms? These and the like Questions he can now answer, and therefore calls upon his soul, and chideth it, Why art thou thus cast down, and why art thou thus troubled within thee? Believe on Christ; So that now he doth with Simeon take Christ in his arms, He can now say, Lord, let whatever come I shall bear it patiently, now I have seen thy Salvation, as it was with the poor Cripple that could not stir or move, when healed, he can take up his bed and walk, so the poor tempted sinner that before lay trembling, afraid to pray, afraid to come to the Ordinances, can now arise and walk performing all duties with comfort and zeal: You must know that this resting on Christ when thus humbled for sin, is not an effect of mans power; It's not in mans strength to make this Iron to swim, to walk thus upon the waters, when every thing within and without is against man and yet for all this to depend upon the Lord Christ; No, it must be a divine and supernatural power from above, and therefore the work of Gods grace in Faith justifying is as great, though not as wonderful, as in miraculous Faith; when any were enabled by believing to remove Mountains; this was not by any greater power of God then when a poor humbled sinner, by resting on Christ, doth remove those mountains of sins, and that great gulf which is between God and the soul, We may well call justifying faith miraculous faith; For is not this a miracle, and a wonder of wonders? That the soul thus in darkness, and plunged into the deeps, yet should cleave unto Christ, and say, Though he kill me, yet I will trust in him; Oh we see if there were nothing but mans power, and the troubled sinner were left to himself, he would immediately despair, as we see in Cain and Judas;
7. God leaveth not the afflicted Soul in these desires and agonies, but doth so strengthen and enable the heart, that now he doth not only desire but actually receiveth and embraceth Christ; His desire is put forth into actings, so that it's ⟨p. 547⟩no longer, Oh that I could rest upon Christ! But he doth rest his soul on him with a lively recumbency; Therefore Joh. 6. believing is called coming unto Christ; Those tormenting slavish fears which affrighted him▪ Shall such a sinner as I, one that hath more offended God then many thousands approach near to him? May I not only touch the hem of his garment, but take him also in my arms? These and the like Questions he can now answer, and therefore cals upon his soul, and chideth it, Why art thou thus cast down, and why art thou thus troubled within thee? Beleeve on Christ; So that now he doth with Simeon take Christ in his arms, He can now say, Lord, let whatever come I shall bear it patiently, now I have seen thy Salvation, as it was with the poor Criple that could not stir or move, when healed, he can take up his bed and walk, so the poor tempted sinner that before lay trembling, afraid to pray, afraid to come to the Ordinances, can now arise and walk performing all duties with comfort and zeal: You must know that this resting on Christ when thus humbled for sin, is not an effect of mans power; It's not in mans strength to make this Iron to swim, to walk thus upon the waters, when every thing within and without is against man and yet for all this to depend upon the Lord Christ; No, it must be a divine and supernatural power from above, and therefore the work of Gods grace in Faith justifying is as great, though not as wonderfull, as in miraculous Faith; when any were enabled by beleeving to remove Mountains; this was not by any greater power of God then when a poor humbled sinner, by resting on Christ, doth remove those mountains of sins, and that great gulf which is between God and the soul, We may well call justifying faith miraculous faith; For is not this a miracle, and a wonder of wonders? That the soul thus in darknesse, and plunged into the deeps, yet should cleave unto Christ, and say, Though he kill me, yet I will trust in him; Oh we see if there were nothing but mans power, and the troubled sinner were left to himself, he would immediatly despair, as we see in Cain and Judas;
