The Fountain of Life Opened

¹Is Christs work of Redemption a complete and finishing work. How excellent and comfortable beyond all compare, is the method and way of faith! Surely the way of believing is the most excellent way in which a poor sinner can approach God, for it brings before him a complete, entire, perfect righteousness; and this must needs be most honourable to God, most comfortable to the soul that draws nigh to God. O what a complete finished perfect thing is the righteousness of Christ! The sharp eye of the holy and jealous God cannot find the least flaw, or defect in it. Let God, or Conscience look upon it. Turn it ⟨p. 487⟩every way, view it on every side, throughly weigh and examine it, it will appear a pure, a perfect piece, containing in it, whatsoever is necessary for the reconciling of an angry God, or pacifying of a distressed and perplexed soul. How pleasing therefore and acceptable to God must be that faith, which presents so complete and excellent an atonement to him! Hence the acting of our faith upon Christ for our righteousness, the approaches of Faith to God with such an acceptable present,² is called the work of God. That is, the most grateful, acceptable and well pleasing work to God, that a creature can perform. Joh. 6.29. This is the work of God that ye believe. One act of faith pleases him more, than if you should toil and drudge all your lives at a task of obedience to the Law. As it's more for Gods honour, and thy comfort to pay all thou owest him at one round payment, in one full sum, than to make a dribbling payment by a penny a day, and never be able to make full payment, or see the bond cancelled. This perfect work, only produces perfect peace.