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Show prefs upon others righteou{nefr: and we _may f•y of thein as Sain~ Pa11l faith of himfelt, Phil. 4· 4· If any other m3n tbink.fth be huth whcrenfto trujl in the fi.Jh, they h1ve as much, if not more. They arc of thejlock of Ifrael, nf the Tribe of BenjJmi~t , &c. T.hey are the children of the Church, we)!- educated, baprifed in their infancy, ro~<cbmg tbe righteortf~eji of the IJw,blamele[r. • Her<Cnow they are: Here they rdl, this they trult to for Salvation. But heark ypll (Sirs,) th.is is not to be in the clefts •ifth< Rock, . Pa:el was got over this dunghill into 1hejecret places ofth<· Afcrnts, WM~i~g ChriJI ""d (1und in bim; not having his own nghtco"fntfs which is ofrh.e Law, but rhat which is thro ugh the fmh ofChrifl, the rightcoufnefs which is of God by faith ; . yea, a)id here mull Chr~lfs Dove be: their voice is Nanr hNt Chrift,·Non• but Chrij!. N<Jthing but Chrill for my Jullification, Norhiog but Chrif\ for my Sanilitication. Lord pard m me for ChfHls fake; Lord llrength r:n, quicken me by the grace of Chrill, for without thy gtace prevent, ing me, operating in me, co-operating with me, I can donothing. Not that a B:;liever ex peels that Chrifl fhould belie.ve,re" pent,&c. for him,or that Chrills holy life fhould ferve for his holincfs, (as they would inipofe upon us who are fo much for their own works.) and would load our Doctrine with what reproaches they can. My fecond note of Chrifls Dave will let you know that is not our meaning. 2. Chri4i Dove mull alt~ petere, as (he is in the cleftJ of tbeRoc~ Chri{l J•ful; trolling only in Chrills righteoufnefs, walki-ng only in his ltrength : So, [he fi>eak.J the thin!( I that are above: there is a walking iJJ the Spirit, as well as a recriving oft be Spirit, Gal. 5· Nor i; any one in ChnH_ (freed from condemnat ion , ) but th:rt>Soul which walk.J not after the flejh, but after the Spirit, Rom. 8.1. ~~ you would know whlt that is, the ApoHle expounds it, R•m. 8. 5· mindin?, the tbing1 of the Spirit: ver.13. Through the Spirit mortifying the d.,ds of the h•4y , {eelzmg the thtngl which are above where Chnjl jittetb on the right hand of God; Jetting •ttr affeCTions upon things which are above. not OH the thing I of the earth, Phil. 3· 20. having our converfationJ in beavm. Thefe are the Doves of Chrill 1n the clefts of the Rock.; But further yet · This notion affords a great deal of comfort to poor frighted coll[ cimcCJ who do as it were flee away from God into the hvln of Roc/e,f, 'Here's the difference between a bold and impudent finllrr, ncr, and a poor wounded frighted Chnllian. The former at the day of J,,dgment, Rev. 6. r 5. }hall hide him{elf in the den1, and i1< the Rock.J of the Mountainr, and fay t• the Mountaint and to the RockJ,-fallon UJ; and hide Ul from the face of him that fitteth on the Throne, and from the wrath •f the Lamb, for the great day of bir wrathiJComr. The latter iti this life is fometimes flying to the Dtnl and. to the Rock.f, and wiOJing ·Rock.JaJtd Mountain! to fall on it, and to hide it from the wrath of'God. The comfort lies in two things. • · · 1 ' r. That Chrift 1 lJove.· if, fometimu th(re, , Tbcre.hatb no Temptation- kefallell yo11 ( faith the Apotlle) bu~wbat i1 common to men. It is fj>me comfort to a p.oor creature in;lillielion,to confider. that -jrs cafe is not fing~ar , f0mc otb<;~~ bave been in like condition and b!lve done wtll. T" ftave" f.P.ot:~(fln ,,tllar, . is not tbe [pot of Gods peopk ; or a nmmd m the Spirit, which is nor a wound of Gods Children, ·this ·is fad l but thi~ !imaratiim ;fConfciena, this frightmeqt" at the apprehen Gons of divine wra!h,e·ither upon, or without feme g~ound~ ·\ t 'tis nu\ fiJCh ,wouQd.lmt '"a Child of God may hav~; Job ~I". 2 3• Def(~n£1illll fr'IJl God.w..t'l a t'"JW tom<; and in another place. 1 will fay unto the Lord do not coHdemn mr. 1 am afraidoft! Jy Judgmrnts,Hal. 119·. l<O Whattime lamafraid,I will truft ;,. thee. Bur S~condly, whid> is the great confolarion. 2. Cbrifl n>i/1 fi>eak,, and JpeaF,_ comfurtably to hiJ.l)ove, though ilt Jhe clefts of the Rock,; Hear him in the Text, 0 my Dpve th.at art i;t thechftso[the R.qck, in the jf~tft pla(e of. afcmts, let me hear thy voice, let mefe• thy countenance, -This is the great frightment of a poor creature thus dillurbed. Ah, I fhall never fee the face of my beloved, Chrill will never lo0k upon me more. It is in vain for me to pray, I am fo troubleq that I cannot fpeak; bt1t why fay· rtf thou 0 Jac ob. why Jp,ak.f/1 tvou 0 l{rJCI; my WJJ is hid from tl" Lord, and my ji<tlgment paffed over by my God. Doll thou not hear) doll not th_ou know, that rhou hal\ an , High· Priell which can luve compafhon upon• thy inflrmiries? But I fh'ali have a fairer opporttmity ro enlarge upon this argument, when I come to fpeak ro the Precept; I fhall thcr>fQre conclude this excrcife wirh one branch of Application more, foun;led upo" thlt nor inn of the i:lr[tr of tbe Rock_, as -they are places of [ec.rity and prote[/i. ff(). ' What a fecuri•y doth this notion afford ' us, ag1in !\ the fears v(,. +· of f•iling, or final f~iling. J,\t |