keep  our  faith  continually  fixed  upon  God,  according  as
our  Saviour  here  directs  us.  But,  for  that  purpose,  as
we  believe  in  God,  so  we  must  believe  in  Christ  too,
for  whose  sake  alone  it  is  that  God  is  thus  good  to  us,
as  to  make  all  things  good  for  us ;  and  therefore  he
adds,  "  believe  also  in  me,"  that  so  we  may  know  from
whence  all  our  mercies  flow,  and  how  to  obtain  them, —
even  by  believing  and  trusting  on  him  who  hath  pur
chased  them  for  us  with  his  own  blood,  and  who  there
fore  never  denies  them  to  any  that  hope  and  trust  on
him  for  them.
Let  us,  therefore,  now  put  our  whole  trust  and  con
fidence  in  Almighty  God,  and  in  our  blessed  Saviour,
to  protect  us  from  all  evil,  and  to  give  us  whatsoever
he  knows  to  be  good  for  us ;  and  then  we  shall  be  sure
that  he  will  de  it ;  for  he  never  yet  did,  nor  ever  will,
fail  them  that  trust  and  depend  upon  him.  Thus
David  asserts  and  promises  in  the  name  of  God  ' ;  and
Jehoshaphat  experienced  °,  and  Jeremiah  the  prophet 7.
Yea,  this  hath  been  the  constant  experience  of  all  the
saints  that  ever  lived ;  and,  therefore,  let  us  but  live  as
becometh  saints,  and  trust  in  God,  as  they  did ;  and  we
also  shall  find  it  true  by  our  own  experience,  as  they
did.  Whatsoever  happens  in  the  world,  let  our  hearts
be  always  fixed,  trusting  in  the  Lord ;  and  then  no
trouble  will  come  near  them,  but  we  shall  always  ex
perience  the  certainty  of  that  method  which  our  Lord
prescribes  to  keep  our  hearts  from  being  troubled.
