I Shall conclude the Discourse with an Exhortation to the people of God, to be often renewing acts of dependence upon Christs Righteousness for your acceptance with God; be believing on Christ for your ⟨p. 310⟩acceptance both now and in the day of Judgment: a great part of the life of a Christian lies in the exercise of Faith; and as you are to be exercising Faith in Christ for other things, so especially for your acceptance and salvation: 'tis not enough that you have once ventured your selves on Christ, and accepted of the tender of life made to you through him, but you must live upon Christ for acceptance all your days: you ought to be always in a believing frame, and never to put forth any act contrary unto the act of Faith, and very often to be renewing of the acts of Faith for your acceptance: there are many special occasions, when it is duty so to do, as when God is setting the offers of this grace before you in his Word, and in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; so when you meet with any temptations, to beat you off from this way of believing, when you have been contracting any special guilt, when you go before God in solemn prayer: and besides what is to be done on such occasions as these, it is a duty to have the heart working and carried out in this way at other times, and it will be so where the heart is in a believing frame; men then will love to be thinking upon the precious righteousness of Christ, and putting forth acts of dependence thereupon: God requires you to be much in the exercise of Faith, 1 Joh. 5.13. those things have I written to you that believe on the Name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the Name of the Son of God. This ought to be upon a double account:
1. This is an honour due to God and Jesus Christ: it becomes us to be putting honour upon them by renewing those acts of Faith, when a man is drawing his encouragement from the righteousness of Christ, ⟨p. 311⟩and the free grace of God, prizing Christs Righteousness, satisfied with that, rejoicing in it, rolling himself upon it, he is putting honour thereupon: and it is no more than it does deserve: it becomes us to be giving this glory unto God and Jesus Christ: when the acts of Faith are much intermitted, and when there are any actings of unbelief:
I Shall conclude the Discourse with an Exhortation to the people of God, to be often renewing acts of dependance upon Christs Righteousness for your acceptance with God; be believing on Christ for your ⟨p. 310⟩acceptance both now and in the day of Judgment: a great part of the life of a Christian lies in the exercise of Faith; and as you are to be exercising Faith in Christ for other things, so especially for your acceptance and salvation: 'tis not enough that you have once ventured your selves on Christ, and accepted of the tender of life made to you through him, but you must live upon Christ for acceptance all your dayes: you ought to be alwayes in a believing frame, and never to put forth any act contrary unto the act of Faith, and very often to be renewing of the acts of Faith for your acceptance: there are many special occasions, when it is duty so to do, as when God is setting the offers of this grace before you in his Word, and in the Sacrament of the Lords Supper; so when you meet with any temptations, to beat you off from this way of believing, when you have been contracting any special guilt, when you go before God in solemn prayer: and besides what is to be done on such occasions as these, it is a duty to have the heart working and carried out in this way at other times, and it will be so where the heart is in a believing frame; men then will love to be thinking upon the precious righteoousness of Christ, and putting forth acts of dependance thereupon: God requires you to be much in the exercise of Faith, 1 Joh. 5.13. those things have I written to you that believe on the Name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may believe on the Name of the Son of God. This ought to be upon a double account:
1. This is an honour due to God and Jesus Christ: it becomes us to be putting honour upon them by reniewing those acts of Faith, when a man is drawing his encouragement from the righteousness of Christ, ⟨p. 311⟩and the free grace of God, prizing Christs Righteousness, satisfied with that, rejoycing in it, rolling himself upon it, he is putting honour thereupon: and it is no more than it does deserve: it becomes us to be giving this glory unto God and Jesus Christ: when the acts of Faith are much intermitted, and when there are any actings of unbelief:
