Of endless life unto the dead;
Anu prefent help in time of need.

Good news of heavn, where angels dwell,
To thofe that well deserved hell;

Of strength to weak for work and war,
And access near to thofe afar.

Glad news of joy to thofe that weep,
And tender care of cripple fheep;
Of shelter to the foul purfed,
And cleanfing to the hellish-ed:
Of floods to fap the parched ground,
And freams to run the defert round
Of ransom to the captive caught,
And harbour to the found'ring yacht;
Of timely aid to weary groans;
Of joy reftor'd to broken bones;
Of grace divine to graceless preys,
And glory to the vile and base:
Of living water pure, that teems
On fainting fouls refreshing ftreams;
Of gen'rous wine to chear the ftrong,
And milk to feed the tender young :
Of faving faith to faithlefs ones;
Of foft'ning grace to flinty ftones;
Of pardon to a guilty crew,

And mercy free, where wrath was due.
Good news of welcome kind to all,
That come to Jefus at his call ;

Yea, news of drawing pow'r, when fcant,

To thofe that fain would come and can't. Glad news of rich myfterious grace,

And mercy meeting ev'ry cafe;

Of store immenfe all voids to fill,

And free to whosoever will:

Of Chrift exalted as a Prince,
Pardons to give and penitence;
Of grace o'ercoming ftubborn wills,
And leaping over Bether hills.
Faith comes by bearing these reports;
Straight to the court of grace reforts,
And free of mercenary thought,
Gets royal bounty all for nought.
Faith's wing within the clammy fea
Of legal merit cannot fly;

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But mounting mercy's air apace,
Soars in the element of grace.
But as free love the bleffing gives
To him that works not, but believes;
So faith, once reaching its defire,
Works hard by love, but not for hire.

CHAP. III.

The BELIEVER'S PRINCIPLES Concerning Juftification and Sanctification, their Difference and Harmony.

SECT. I.

The Difference between Juftification and Sanctification; or righteoufnefs imputed and grace imparted; in upwards of thirty particulars *.

IND Jefus spent his life to fpin

KMy robe of perfect righteoufnefs;

*Note, That (metri caula) Justification is here fometimes expreffed by the words, imputed grace, juftifying grace, righteoufnefs, &c.; Sanctification by the names, imparted grace, grace, graces, holiness, fanctity, &c, which the jud cious will easily understand.

But by his Spirit's work within

He forms my gracious holy drefs. He as a Prieft me juftifies,

His blood docs roaring confcience ftill; But as a King he fanctifies,

And fubjugates my ftubborn will.
He juftifying by his merit,

Imputes to me his righteoufnefs;
But fanctifying by his Spirit,
Infuses in me faving grace.
My justifying righteousness

Can merit by condignity;
But nothing with my strongest grace
Can be deferv❜d by naughty me.
This juftifying favour fets

The guilt of all my fin remote ';
But fanctifying grace deletes

The filth and blacknefs of its blot. By virtue of this righteoufnefs

Sin can't condemn nor juftly brand:
By virtue of infused grace

Anon it ceases to command.
The righteousness which I enjoy,

Sin's damning pow'r will wholly stay;
And grace imparted will deftroy
Its ruling domineering fway.
The former is my Judge's act

Of condonation full and free:
The latter his commenced fact,
And gradual work advanc'd in me.
The former's inftantaneous,

The moment that I firft believe:
The latter is, as Heav'n allows,
Progreffive while on earth I live.

"The firft will peace to confcience give, The laft the filthy heart will cleanse : The firft effects a relative,

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The laft a real inward change. The former pardans every fin,

And counts me righteous, free, and juft: The latter quickens grace within,

And mortifies my fin and luft. Imputed grace intitles me

Unto eternal happiness; Imparted grace will qualify

That heav'nly kingdom to poffefs.
My righteoufnefs is infinite,

Both fubjectively and in kind;
My holiness most incomplete,
And daily wavers like the wind..
So lafting is my outer dress,

It never wears nor waxes old;
My inner garb of grace decays

And fades, if Heav'n do not uphold. My righteousness and pardon is,

At once moft perfect and complete ;
But fanctity admits degrees,

Does vary, fluctuate and fleet.
Hence fix'd, my righteousness divine
No real change can undergo;.
But all my graces wax and wane,
By yarious turnings ebb and flow.,
I'm by the first as righteous now,
As e'er hereafter I can be:
The last will to perfection grow,
Heav'n only is the full degree.
The first is equal, wholly giv'n,
And ftill the fame in ev'ry faint

The laft unequal and unev'n,

While fome enjoy what others want.
My righteousness divine is fresh,
For ever pure and heav'nly both ;
My fanctity is partly flesh,

And juftly term'd a menft'rous cloth.
My righteousness I magnify,
'Tis my triumphant lofty flag;
But pois'd with this, my fanctity
Is nothing but a filthy rag.
I glory in my righteousness,

And loud extol it with my tongue;
But all my grace, compar'd with this,
I under-rate as lots and dung.
By juftifying grace I'm apt

Of divine favour free to boast;
By holiness I'm partly fhap'd
Into his image I had loft.
The first to divine justice pays
A rent to ftill the furious ftorm;
The laft to divine bolinefs

Inftructs me duly to conform.
The firft does quench the fiery law,
Its rigid cov'nant fully ftay;
The laft its rule embroider'd draw,
To deck my heart, and gild my way.
The fubject of my righteoufnefs
Is Chrift himself my glorious Head;
But I the fubject am of grace,
As he fupplies my daily need.
The matter of the former too
Is only Chrift's obedience dear;
But lo, his helping me to do

Is all the work and matter here.