A golden mine opened, or, The glory of God's rich grace displayed in the…

O Soul, haste into this Pasture: Whatsoever ye ask, saith Christ, ¹in my Name, I will do it, that the Father may be glorified.

1. 1John 14. 13.

To pray in Christ's Name, 1. Is to know we come to have this Privilege to draw near to God, only by Christ, i. e. through the Veil, that is to say, his Flesh; he hath purchased us this Liberty. 2. 'Tis to pray in his Strength, i. e. by the Spirit, which he hath procured for us, and given to us. 3. 'Tis to pray in the Virtue of Christ's Mediation: Whatsoever we ask on Earth, Christ obtains for us in Heaven. 4. To ask in Christ's Name, is to ask for his Sake, for his Worthiness: 'Tis not what our Deservings are, but what Christ's Merits are.

To pray in Christ's Name, 1. Is to know we come to have this Privilege to draw near to God, only by Christ, i. e. through the Vail, that is to say, his Flesh; he hath purchased us this Liberty. 2. 'Tis to pray in his Strength, i. e. by the Spirit, which he hath procured for us, and given to us. 3. 'Tis to pray in the Virtue of Christ's Mediation: Whatsoever we ask on Earth, Christ obtains for us in Heaven. 4. To ask in Christ's Name, is to ask for his Sake, for his Worthiness: 'Tis not what our Deservings are, but what Christ's Merits are.

Fourthly. The Promises of God are another Pasture, where the Sheep ¹of Christ do daily feed. The Promises of God are of a Soul-fastening, and Soul-strengthening Nature: But there is no feeding here, without believing. A Sheep may as well feed on Grass, without Teeth, as a Christian can feed on the Promises without Faith. The Reason why the Soul cannot get into this rich Common, or rather fat Meadow, is, because he cannot get over the Slough of Unbelief. Man lives not by Bread alone, but by every Word that proceeds