First, It is found in all true believers, not one that is found but hath it; take it into pieces, and leave out one piece of it, and see if you can make sound faith, First, take the object, What do you receive? The Person of Christ, with his Offices and complete Redemption. What is that Person of Christ? God man. Doest thou receive a man only? Take thou such a Jesus, he is no Saviour for me; he is too poor to pay my ransom, too weak to do my work. I find our Jesus calls for denying of Father, Mother, Wife, Children, Lands, Life, &c. Luke 14.26. Mark 10.29. all must go, else can be none of his Disciple: The Father calls for no more but All: Jesus calls for as much, for my Names sake: then I hope he giveth as much as the Father doth: if he deprives my will of all these goods, then he must have good far beyond them all to satisfy my will, else it is an unreasonable Command, and the will can never come off rationally, but may justify its refusal to come to him, because being by nature, from a principle God hath put into it, inclined to good, to blessedness; here is good denied, and not better good come in the room: but if the Divinity of Christ; his Satisfaction, his imputed Righteousness, his Grace whereby we live, and are enabled to persevere in Grace, be denied; I do not see that good in Christ which is able to fill up my will. But you take Christ God-man you say; but do you take one Office, or some part of his Redemption, leave out some Offices, leave some Redemption? tell us what it is, and you will soon ⟨p. 206⟩show your self to be unsound. Do you receive him, and not trust, rest, rely upon him for all redemption? or can you find redemption in any other besides him? It is a sign you feel no great need of him.
First, It is found in all true believers, not one that is found but hath it; take it into pieces, and leave out one piece of it, and see if you can make sound faith, First, take the object, What do you receive? The Person of Christ, with his Offices and compleat Redemption. What is that Person of Christ? God man. Doest thou receive a man only? Take thou such a Jesus, he is no Saviour for me; he is too poor to pay my ransom, too weak to do my work. I find our Jesus calls for denying of Father, Mother, Wife, Children, Lands, Life, &c. Luke 14.26. Mark 10.29. all must go, else can be none of his Disciple: The Father calls for no more but All: Jesus calls for as much, for my Names sake: then I hope he giveth as much as the Father doth: if he deprives my will of all these goods, then he must have good far beyond them all to satisfie my will, else it is an unreasonable Command, and the will can never come off rationally, but may justifie its refusal to come to him, because being by nature, from a principle God hath put into it, inclined to good, to blessedness; here is good denyed, and not better good come in the room: but if the Divinity of Christ; his Satisfaction, his imputed Righteousness, his Grace whereby we live, and are enabled to persevere in Grace, be denyed; I do not see that good in Christ which is able to fill up my will. But you take Christ God-man you say; but do you take one Office, or some part of his Redemption, leave out some Offices, leave some Redemption? tell us what it is, and you will soon ⟨p. 206⟩shew your self to be unsound. Do you receive him, and not trust, rest, rely upon him for all redemption? or can you find redemption in any other besides him? It is a sign you feel no great need of him.
