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ſo much as to touch. There muſt be a divine nature firſt put into the ſoul, to make it lay hold on him, he lays ſo infinitely beyond the fight or reach of nature.
That Chriſt which natural free will can apprehend, is but a natural Chriſt, of a man’s own making; not the Father’s Chriſt, nor Jeſus the Son of the living God, to whom none can come without the Father’s drawing, John vi. 44. 46. Finally, Search the ſcriptures daily, as mines of gold, wherein the heart of Chriſt is laid. Watch againſt Conſtitution ſins; ſee them in their vileneſs, and they ſhall never break out into act. Keep always an humble, empty, and broken frame of heart, sensible of any ſpiritual miſcarriage, obſervant of all inward workings, and fit for the hightſt communications. Keep not guilt in the confidence, but apply the blood of Chriſt immediately. God chargeth ſin and guilt upon thee, to make thee look to Chrift the braſen ſerpent.
Judge not Chriſt’s love by providences, but by promiſes. Bleſs God for ſhaking off falſe foundations, and for any way whereby he keeps the ſoul awakened and looking
after Chriſt; better ſickneffes and temptations, than ſecnrity and ſlightneſs. A flighty
