Religion & morality > Choice drop of honey from the rock, Christ, or A word of advice to saints and sinners

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Men talk bravely of believing while whole and
found, but few know it. Chrift is the myftery of tbs
gofpel. Grace is the my(Vei-y of Chrift. Believing it
the moft wonderful thing in the world. Put any thing
of thine own to it, and thou fpoileft it ; Chrift will
not fo much as look at it for believing. When thou
comeft to Chrift, thou rnuft leave behind thee thy own
righteoufuefs, and bring nothing but thy fin, (O that
is hard!) leave behind all thy holincfs, and bring no¬
thing but thy wants and mileries, elfe Chrift is not fat
for thee, nor thou for Chrift. Chrift will be a puiC
Redeemer, and thou muft be an undone (inner, or
Chrift and thou will never agree. It is the hard eft
thing in the world to take Chrift alone for riglne-
oufnefs; that is to acknowledge him Chnft. J°'d
any thing to him of thy own, and thou un-Chnit
Whatever comes in when thou goeft to God for
acceptance, (befides Chrift) call it Antichnft, b.d it
begone, make only Chrift’s righteoufaefi triumphant;
all befides that is Babylon, which muft fall if Chnft
ftand, and thou (halt rejoice in the day of the nu
thereof. Chrift alone did tread the wine-prels, and
therewas none with him. Join any thing to Chii > ‘e
will trample upon it in fury and anger, and (lain ms
raiment with the blood thereof. Thou th.nkeft it
eafy to belive ; was ever thy faith tried witn a tho¬
rough fight of fin ? Was it ever put to the grapple
with Satan, and wrath of God lying upon the con-
fcience ? When thou waft in the mouth of hell, then
did God (hew thee Chrift a la.afom? 11 t;;ou
couldft fty, Oh I fee grace enough 10 Chnft . thou
maveft fay that which is the biggeft word, thou be¬
lieved: ; but tried faith is uncertain faith.
To believing, there muft go a clear convicftion of
fm, and the merits of the blood oi Chnft, and
Chrift’s willingnefs to Cave upon this confic.eration
merely, that thou art a (Inner : things all harder tnan