Precious faith considered in its nature, working, and growth

Secondly, This resignation in and through the Mediator, is made to God, I say, in and through the Mediator; because without him, we can expect to be ruled by God in no other way then by the iron rod of his power and justice, dashing us in pieces to all eternity; but in and through him, the believer may and doth yield up himself to God to be ruled. And here he makes use of two Attributes, Gods sovereignty, and Gods holiness; God is the supreme Lord, and must be obeyed; he is the holy one, and must be sanctified in each command: the beams of his majesty and holiness sparkle out, and these faith takes in to melt the heart into a compliance with the divine will. Plato being asked by one of his Scholars, how long his precepts were to be obeyed, answered, Donec in terris apparuerit sacratior aliquis, qui sontem veritatis aperiat, the believer desires to be ruled by God, because an higher and holier cannot come.

Secondly, This resignation in and through the Mediator, is made to God, I say, in and through the Mediator; because without him, we can expect to be ruled by God in no other way then by the iron rod of his power and justice, dashing us in pieces to all eternity; but in and through him, the believer may and doth yield up himself to God to be ruled. And here he makes use of two Attributes, Gods soveraignty, and Gods holiness; God is the supream Lord, and must be obeyed; he is the holy one, and must be sanctified in each command: the beams of his majesty and holiness sparkle out, and these faith takes in to melt the heart into a compliance with the divine will. Plato being asked by one of his Scholars, how long his precepts were to be obeyed, answered, Donec in terris apparuerit sacratior aliquis, qui sontem veritatis aperiat, the believer desires to be ruled by God, because an higher and holier cannot come.

Thirdly, This resignation is made to the word. Ask a believer how he knows himself to be where he would be, in the dominions of God and Christ, his answer will be, I know it by the command in the word, and in the command his faith eyes two things, the truth of the command and the sovereignty; his faith eyes the truth of it, the command is true, as coming from God himself, and being the very counterpane of the holiness in his heart; This is the will of God even your sanctification, saith St. Paul,