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2. This Principle of Rectitude or Holiness sets the Will right in reference to the true Means. The true Means is Jesus Christ the Mediator; the only way into the Holy of Holies is through the Veil of his flesh. We are in a treble Incapacity of returning unto God our ultimate End: We are in the Darkness of Sin and see not the right path thither, and as to this, Christ is the way, as a Prophet teaching us by his Spirit and Word: We are in the Guiltiness of Sin and dare not approach thither, and as to this, Christ is the way, as a Priest offering up his Blood and Righteousness for us: We are in the Impotency and Enmity of ⟨p. 389⟩Sin, and cannot, will not of our selves return thither, and as to this, Christ is the way as a King, subduing and ruling us by his gracious Sceptre; God hath sealed Christ to all these Offices for this very end to bring us home to himself. Now this Principle sets the Will right in reference to Christ in all his Offices.

1. Take him as a Prophet, this Principle sets the Heart right in a threefold respect.

1. 'Tis a Principle of humble Teachableness. God (who is the Soul's Centre) dwelling in Light unapproachable, and Christ (who is in the Father's bosom) being the great revealer of him, this Principle inclines the Will to hearken to Christ; the ear is opened or revealed to hear the great Prophet in all things. There is a [Greek or Hebrew], or readiness of mind to let in every beam of Light and catch at every drop of Truth which falls from Christ. Before Man was a Wolf and a Lion for brutish untractableness, but now a little child may lead him, Isai. 11. 6