The sound believer, or, A treatise of evangelical conversion discovering the work of Christs…The sound beleever, or, A treatise of evangelicall conversion discovering the work of Christs…

and hence it is, if any man come for Christ himself without his benefits, and regard not the conveyance of them, as the Familists at this day do, who abolish all inherent graces, and some of them all ordinances because Christ is all to them; or if any come for the benefits of Christ without Christ himself, as many among our selves do, who never account themselves happy in him, but only by some abilities they receive from him; neither of these come with a single eye, nor fix a right end in their closing with Christ: you must first come for Christ himself, and so for all his benefits.

and hence it is, if any man come for Christ himselfe without his benefits, and regard not the conveyance of them, as the Familists at this day doe, who abolish all inherent graces, and some of them all ordinances because Christ is all to them; or if any come for the benefits of Christ without Christ himselfe, as many among our selves doe, who never account themselves happy in him, but onely by some abilities they receive from him; neither of these come with a single eye, nor fixe a right end in their closing with Christ: you must first come for Christ himselfe, and so for all his benefits.

For establishing your hearts in which truth, consider these things.

1. Consider what drives any man to Christ. Is not sense of wants one main thing? now what are a christians wants, when the Lord hath humbled him? are they not, first, want of Christ; and secondly, of all the benefits of Christ? viz. righteousness, peace, pardon, grace glory, John 16.9. If therefore the souls of all the elect feel a want of both, doth not Faith come to Christ for both?