Riches of mercy to men in misery, or, Certain excellent treatises concerning the dignity…

And so much for the Benefits you receive by Christs Inhabitation in you.

We must add something now for the application of ¹this point; and first, you may make this use of it. Learn to judge aright of the works of God in your hearts, and remember that it is wrought by Christ himself. It is Christ himself that is in you, that consulteth with you, that acts in you, that enliveneth you to every duty, he himself is given us of God, to be our wisdom, righteousness, sanctification, and redemption; it is he himself that ²will come in and sup with us, Rev. 3. And therefore if you would have a great measure of grace, a great measure of comfort and refreshing, if you would feel the life of grace flowing abundantly in your hearts, fasten your eyes upon Christ the fountain. This is our fault (my Brethren) that we look upon grace, and remission of sins, and sanctification, separated from Christ, we labour not for Christ in the first place, we look upon pardon for sin, we go unto God for it, but we think not upon Christ; learn first to get Christ to dwell in your hearts, fasten your eyes upon him, entreat him to come thither and sup with you, and ⟨p. 136⟩then take from him justification and sanctification, the spirit and every grace. For so it is, as when a wife marrieth a husband, she must not think of the titles, honours and commodities that he bringeth separately from ³himself, for then it is an adulterous thought, she must first take her husband, and then those other things come along with him: so must we do with Christ, fasten our eyes upon Christ himself, love him, cleave to him, labour to have our heart• married to him by faith, then we have remission of sins, then we have adoption, then we have reconciliation with God, and every particular grace coming along with him. Even as if a man would have a treasure that lieth hid in a field, he must first have the field it self, and then he