Gospel-revelation in three treatises, viz, 1 The nature of God. 2 The excellencies of…

Now let this be but laid to thy heart when temptations are strong, and when thy heart is ready to sink in any extremity; It may be temptation comes and tells thee thy condition is extraordinary, who was ever so left of God as thou art, then do but lay these truths upon thy heart, that have been revealed in the opening of the wonderfulness of Christ, and even say thus to thy soul, well, but oh my soul! thou hast heretofore believed in God, ⟨p. 158⟩but hast thou sanctified the Name of Christ, as wonderful? hast thou believed in Jesus Christ, as in him whose Name by God himself is called wonderful? Thou hast, thou thinkest, believed in him as a Saviour, as a Redeemer, but hast thou believed in him as thus wonderful in his Natures, in his Person, in his Offices, in his endowments, and in all the great things that he hath done, in the glory of the Father that shines in him? hast thou sanctified his Name in all those particulars wherein Christ hath been made known to be wonderful? certainly Believers do not sanctify this Name of Christ, except there be some kind of proportion between their Faith, and all these glorious things that are revealed of Jesus Christ: It is he that is a full object for thy soul to rest upon in all straights whatsoever, when the men of the world shall be at their wits end, they having their ordinary help fail them, yet thou that art a Believer, and knowest what Jesus Christ is, ••d the glory of God that appears in him, thou needest not be at thy wits end, for thou hast him whose Name is wonderful, to be the object of thy Faith.

Now let this bee but laid to thy heart when temptations are strong, and when thy heart is ready to sink in any extremity; It may bee temptation comes and tells thee thy condition is extraordinary, who was ever so left of God as thou art, then do but lay these truths upon thy heart, that have been revealed in the opening of the wonderfulness of Christ, and even say thus to thy soul, well, but oh my soul! thou hast heretofore beleeved in God, ⟨p. 158⟩but hast thou sanctified the Name of Christ, as wonderful? hast thou beleeved in Jesus Christ, as in him whose Name by God himself is called wonderful? Thou hast, thou thinkest, beleeved in him as a Saviour, as a Redeemer, but hast thou beleeved in him as thus wonderful in his Natures, in his Person, in his Offices, in his indowments, and in all the great things that hee hath done, in the glory of the Father that shines in him? hast thou sanctified his Name in all those particulars wherein Christ hath been made known to bee wonderful? certainly Beleevers do not sanctifie this Name of Christ, except there bee some kinde of proportion between their Faith, and all these glorious things that are revealed of Jesus Christ: It is hee that is a full object for thy soul to rest upon in all straights whatsoever, when the men of the world shall bee at their wits end, they having their ordinary help fail them, yet thou that art a Beleever, and knowest what Jesus Christ is, d the glory of God that appears in him, thou needest not bee at thy wits end, for thou hast him whose Name is wonderful, to be the object of thy Faith.