A heavenly conference between Christ and Mary after His resurrection. Wherein the intimate familiarity,…

He encourageth by the seal of election in Baptism, to make it good by faith, without which it will do no good, being but a seal to a blank: therefore how many encouragements have you to come in? Take Gods gracious offer, he giveth you time to make your peace, it is nothing, but wilful rebellion to stand out against God.

He incourageth by the seal of election in Baptisme, to make it good by faith, without which it will do no good, being but a seal to a blank: therefore how many incouragements have you to come in? Take Gods gracious offer, he giveth you time to make your peace, it is nothing, but wilful rebellion to stand out against God.

For they that have given themselves to God, and now renewed their interest in him, by the Sacraments, let them conceive, what a word of comfort they have in this, That Christ ⟨p. 235⟩is theirs, and God is theirs. What an ocean of comfort is it, when all things leave you, as all things will, ye• we have God, that will be a God for evermore. At the time of death, what ¹comfort will it be to say, God is mine, Christ is mine. Life is mine no longer, world is mine no longer, friends forsake me, but I am interested in God, and have made Covenant with God, who is a God for ever, the Covenant I have made, is an everlasting Covenant. It is of that largeness, the comfort is, that the Angels themselves admire it, the Devils envy it, and it is a matter of glory and praise in Heaven for ever. Therefore make much of such a privilege, that is the envy of Devils, the admiration of Angels, that is the joy of a Christians heart here, and matter of glorifying God for ever, world without end. That God in Christ is become his God here, and for ever, it is a ravishing consideration. It is larger then our hearts, here be comforts larger then the capacity of our hearts. ⟨p. 236⟩²