A Body of Practical Divinity

2. Use of Exhortation: Branch 1. Let us fiducially apply this Blood of Christ: All the Virtue of a Medicine is in the applying; though the Medicine be made of the Blood of God, it will not heal unless by Faith applied. As Fire is to the Chemist, so is Faith to a Christian; the Chemist can do nothing without Fire, so there is nothing done without Faith. Faith makes Christ's Sacrifice ours, Phil. 3.8 Christ Jesus my Lord. It is not Gold in the Mine enricheth, but Gold in the Hand: Faith is the Hand receives Christ's Golden Merits. It is not a Cordial in the Glass refresheth the Spirits, but a Cordial drunk down. Per fidem Christi sanguinem sugimus, Cypr. Faith opens the Orifice of Christ's Wound•, and drinks the precious Cordial of his Blood. Without Faith Christ himself will not avail us.

2. Use of Exhortation: Branch 1. Let us fiducially apply this Bloud of Christ: All the Vertue of a Medicine is in the applying; though the Medicine be made of the Bloud of God, it will not heal unless by Faith applyed. As Fire is to the Chymist, so is Faith to a Christian; the Chymist can do nothing without Fire, so there is nothing done without Faith. Faith makes Christ's Sacrifice ours, Phil. 3.8 Christ Iesus my Lord. It is not Gold in the Mine enricheth, but Gold in the Hand: Faith is the Hand receives Christ's Golden Merits. It is not a Cordial in the Glass refresheth the Spirits, but a Cordial drunk down. Per fidem Christi sanguinem sugimus, Cypr. Faith opens the Orifice of Christ's Wound•, and drinks the precious Cordial of his Bloud. Without Faith Christ himself will not avail us.

Branch 2. Let us love a Bleeding Saviour, and let us show our Love to Christ by being ready to suffer for him: Many rejoice at Christ's Suffering for them, but dream not of their Suffering for him: Joseph dreamed of his Preferment, but not of his Imprisonment. Was Christ a Sacrifice? Did he bear God's Wrath for us? we should bear Man's Wrath for him. Christ's Death was voluntary,