with him, for ever in Heaven.
Blessed be the Name of the Lord who hath magnifi'd his Mercie to me, and hath had compassion on me, the chiefest of sinners, the least of Saints. I am willing upon this ground of the New Covenant, to believe his Love, to look up to him as my God. But how may I know that Christ is mine?
Why, If God be thine, Christ is thine al∣so. If he have given thee himself to be thy God, he hath given thee his Sonne to be thy Saviour. 'Tis in Christ that he is thy God. The Covenant of Grace, wherein God becomes thy God, is founded in Christ, his Mediation and Satisfaction. And Christ, in all his Fulnesse of Grace and Glory, is that great GIFT OF GOD, which is promised in the Covenant of Grace. Now then if God be thine, and thou art his, according to the Tenour of the New Cove∣nant, he hath given his Sonne unto thee (as a Jewel from his bosome, for a pledge of his glorious everlasting love) and hath given thee to his Son, (as a part of his richest Treasure in the World) to redeeme, sanctifie and save Thee. And if Christ be thine, and thou art his, Heaven, the Inhe∣ritance which he hath purchast for Believers with his blood, is thine also. For thus hath he said, Father I will that they also whom thou hast given me, be with me where I am, that they may behold my Glory, which thou hast given me: for thou lovedst me before