The real Christian, or, A treatise of effectual calling wherein the work of God…

Sixthly, Great legal workings, with great Gospel grace following: the remembrance of the legal works past kept up fresh, the glory of Gospel-grace at present seen and felt, make Christians set a higher price upon Christ, more fearful of sin, and so legal workings become very helpful and subservient to a Gospel-conversation all the days of a mans life.

Sixthly, Great legal workings, with great Gospelgrace following: the remembrance of the legal works past kept up fresh, the glory of Gospel-grace at present seen and felt, make Christians set a higher price upon Christ, morefearful of sin, and so legal workings become very helpful and subservient to a Gospel-conversation all the dayes of a mans life.

Seventhly, A frame of holiness wrought in the heart; the Spirit of Christ there dwelling, keeping and acting it: the glorious Majesty of God discovered; the love and sweetness of Christ really tasted, and out-tasting all the sweetness of sin and creature; do most kindly and soundly take off the Soul from sin and creature: Let us labour then to experience these things more, and not run to legal terrors, which can never soundly and surely do the work, though they may prepare for the work.

The next thing that makes many real Christians exclude themselves from the number of Believers is, their ⟨p. 239⟩want of faith, they have no faith: And why no faith? Because they have not that particular persuasion that Christ with all his benefits are theirs: they cannot say, they dare not say, Christ is mine, or that my sins are forgiven: when they hear of unbelief, they know of no unbelief but this, when persons do not believe, or cannot believe, that Christ is theirs, and their sins are pardoned: when they hear how great a sin unbelief is, and what terrible threats the Word of God hath made against unbelievers, they apply all to themselves: What pangs have some Christians, yea, men of great parts, and Ministers, been under, when they read that,