Reas. 1. If ye abide in me, ye shall bring forth much fruit; no fruit without Christ.
2. If you abide in him, it keeps you from sin, 1 John 3.6.
3. Abiding in Christ, is the means to have all our petitions heard, John 15.7.
4. Abide in Christ, and abide in eternall life, verse 24, 25. hujus ca∣pitis.
Ʋse 1. To reprove the Apostacy that is found sometimes in Professours, though many dead branches be cut off, yet the Vine is perfect, but not with∣out living branches: some are Members, some onely unperfect, so some may adhere to Christ by the redundancy of some graces, as Judas and Jehu, these may be cut off, and we see how woefull their case is, they wither and are cut down, John 15.6. and are cast into the fire. Jer. 2.13. This people have committed two evills, &c. Jer. 18.14. It had been better they had never ••asted of Christ or known him.
Ʋse 2. Let it exhort us, as we desire to be faithfull, to abide in Christ.
Q. How may we abide in Christ?
A. 1. If his Word abide in us, Christ abides in us, 1 John 2.24. 2 Chron. 25.16.
2. Know that all your strength depends on Christ, live therefore in his Grace.