Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applied unto unconverted sinners, and saints…Meditations and discourses concerning the glory of Christ applyed unto unconverted sinners, and saints…

2. THE only way of receiving Supplies of Spiritual Strength and Grace, from Jesus Christ, on our part, is by Faith. Hereby we come unto him, are implanted in him, abide with him, so as to bring forth Fruit. He dwells in our Hearts by Faith, and he acts in us by Faith, and we live by Faith in or on the Son of God. This I suppose will be granted, that if we receive any thing from Christ, it must be by Faith, it must be in the Exercise of it, or in a way of Believing; nor is there any one word in the Scripture that gives the least Encouragement to expect either Grace or Mercy from him in any other way, or by any other means.

3. THIS Faith respects the Person of Christ, his Grace, his whole Mediation, with all the Effects of it, and his Glory in them all. This is that which hath been so much insisted on in the foregoing Discourses, as that it ought not to be again insisted on: This therefore is the issue of the whole. A steady view of the Glory of Christ, in his Person, Grace, and Office, through Faith, or a constant lively Exercise of Faith on him, according as he is revealed unto us in the Scripture, is the only effectual way to obtain a Revival from under our Spiritual Decays, and such Supplies of Grace as shall make us Flourishing and Fruitful even in Old Age. He that thus lives by Faith in him, shall by his Spiritual thriving and growth, show, That the Lord is upright, that he is our Rock, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.

3. THIS Faith respects the Person of Christ, his Grace, his whole Mediation, with all the Effects of it, and his Glory in them all. This is that which hath been so much insisted on in the foregoing Discourses, as that it ought not to be again insisted on: This therefore is the issue of the whole. A steady view of the Glory of Christ, in his Person, Grace, and Office, thrô Faith, or a constant lively Exercise of Faith on him, according as he is revealed unto us in the Scripture, is the only effectual way to obtain a Revival from under our Spiritual Decays, and such Supplies of Grace as shall make us Flourishing and Fruitful even in Old Age. He that thus lives by Faith in him, shall by his Spiritual thriving and growth, shew, That the Lord is upright, that he is our Rock, and that there is no unrighteousness in him.