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come in, and take the room, it will dispel them all. Let once unbelief break the harmony of this meeting of divine Attributes in Christ, and then nothing but doubts .of God's favour and mercy.must ensue; but let faith view the harmony, and see them meeting and kissing each other; and then according to the measure of faith, such will be the measure of holy boldness, confidence, and persuasion of the favour, mercy and good will of God in Christ, with particular application to the person himself. Take away imblief from faith, and then not a single doubt will remain behind : unbelief creates all the doubts that are in the believer; his faith hath no part in them, i he general doubtsome faith of the Papi'ts, is not faith, but unbelief; and therefore no wonder that our fore-fathers abjured it in our national covenant. Behold the sure ground and firm bottom that faith stands upon, even the mutual meeting and embracement, among the divine Perfections in Christ. If you break and separate the meeting by unbelief. then your confidence is broken, and your peace with God marred; but if you keep them together in your view, by faith in Christ, then you have boldness, confidence and assistance on this ground.;-yea, then God in Christ, and you meet together, and kiss each other. 7. Hence, see what is the best mark of a believer in Christ; for your trial and examination, try it just by this what view have you got of this glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ, and of the Attributes of God meeting and embracing each other in him ? Have you seen the glory, and felt the virtue of this happy meeting? 1. Have you seen the glory of it when once in a day, you had seen the Attributes of God in arms against you, because of your sinful rebellion against God: and when you had seen the truth of God, pronouncing the sentence of the law, and his righteousness and justice ready to inflict the sentence, and execute the same with curses and vengeance, making you despair of mercy, and give up with all hope and expectation of peace with God by the law of works; Have you thereupon got a vuew of the harmonious meeting of these Attributes of God, in Christ Jesus, as the surety, the sacrifice, the ransom, the propitiation, in whom the truth and veracity of God is ar