III. When we Commit our Spirits into the Hand of our Lord Jesus Christ, we must Believe in Him, as fully able, to Save our Spirits unto the uttermost. It is by Faith acted unto the uttermost, that we are to Commit our Spirits, into the Hands of our Lord Jesus Christ: Now the Acts of this Faith are admirably expressed, in 2 Tim. 1.12 I know whom I have Believed, and I am persuaded, That He is Able to keep that which I have committed unto Him. We would have our Spirits preserved from the Direful Anger of God, which threatens to Swallow them up: Say now, Lord Jesus, I am persuaded, Thou art able to preserve me. We would have our Spirits Enriched with the Knowledge, and Image, and Favour of God, in His Kingdom: Say now, Lord Jesus, I am persuaded, Thou art Able to Enrich me. We are therefore to place our Faith, on the Sacrifice which our Lord Jesus Christ hath offered unto God, on the behalf of His people. We read, in Job 33.22. When a Soul draws near unto the Grave, If there be a Messenger with him, an Interpreter, then He says, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a Ransom. Some of the Ancients take that, Angelus Interprés, to be, Christ the Mediator. Sirs, When your Souls are drawing near unto the Grave, 'tis high ⟨p. 16⟩Time to Believe on that Ransom, which, One among a Thousand, has paid unto God for us, We must Believe, That the Sacrifice of the Soul of the Messiah, when He was Cut off, but not for Himself, is a valuable Sacrifice, a sufficient Sacrifice, and a Sacrifice which the wondrous Grace of God invites us to Depend upon; and with a firm Dependence on that Sacrifice, we must plead, O Let my Soul be delivered from going down to the Pit, since God has found such a Ransom for me! But while we Rely on our Lord Jesus Christ, as He has been Sacrificed for us here below, we must also Re•• upon Him, as He is now above, in the Holy of Holies, Interceding for us. And that our Faith in committing our Spirits unto our Lord Jesus Christ, may be a Truly Christian Faith; We must Believe Him to be no less than, The Lord God of Truth; to be God as well as Man; to be God and Man in one person. That man, is a very Foolish man, who will Trust his own Soul, with any one Less than the God, who made our Soul, and who alone can Save it. Our Belief must pronounce our Lord Jesus Christ, the same that His Bible has pronounced Him;
III. When we Commit our Spirits into the Hand of our Lord Jesus Christ, we must Believe in Him, as fully able, to Save our Spirits unto the uttermost. It is by Faith acted unto the uttermost, that we are to Commit our Spirits, into the Hands of our Lord Jesus Christ: Now the Acts of this Faith are admirably expressed, in 2 Tim. 1.12 I know whom I have Believed, and I am perswaded, That He is Able to keep that which I have committed unto Him. We would have our Spirits preserved from the Direful Anger of God, which threatens to Swallow them up: Say now, Lord Jesus, I am perswaded, Thou art able to preserve me. We would have our Spirits Enriched with the Knowledge, and Image, and Favour of God, in His Kingdom: Say now, Lord Jesus, I am perswaded, Thou art Able to Enrich me. We are therefore to place our Faith, on the Sacrifice which our Lord Jesus Christ hath offered unto God, on the behalf of His people. We read, in Job 33.22. When a Soul draws near unto the Grave, If there be a Messenger with him, an Interpreter, then He says, Deliver him from going down to the pit, I have found a Ransome. Some of the Ancients take that, Angelus Interprés, to be, Christ the Mediator. Syrs, When your Souls are drawing near unto the Grave, 'tis high ⟨p. 16⟩Time to Believe on that Ransome, which, One among a Thousand, has paid unto God for us, We must Believe, That the Sacrifice of the Soul of the Messiah, when He was Cut off, but not for Himself, is a valuable Sacrifice, a sufficient Sacrifice, and a Sacrifice which the wondrous Grace of God invites us to Depend upon; and with a firm Dependence on that Sacrifice, we must plead, O Let my Soul be delivered from going down to the Pit, since God has found such a Ransome for me! But while we Rely on our Lord Jesus Christ, as He has been Sacrificed for us here below, we must also Re•• upon Him, as He is now above, in the Holy of Holies, Interceeding for us. And that our Faith in commi••ing our Spirits unto our Lord Jesus Christ, may be a Truly Christian Faith; We must Believe Him to be no less than, The Lord God of Truth; to be God as well as Man; to be God and Man in one person. That man, is a very Foolish man, who will Trust his own Soul, with any one Less than the God, who made our Soul, and who alone can Save it. Our Belief must pronounce our Lord Jesus Christ, the same that His Bible has pronounced Him;
