First, that he is true and coeternal God with the Father and the Son; [161] secondly, that he is also given me, [162] to make me by a true faith, partaker of Christ and all his benefits, [163] that he may comfort me [164] and abide with me for ever. [165]

[161] 1 John 5:7; Gen. 1:2; Isa. 48:16; 1:Cor. 3:16; 1:Cor. 6:19; Acts 5:3, 4.

[162] Gal. 4:6; Matt. 28:19, 20; 2:Cor. 1:21, 22; Eph. 1:13.

[163] Gal. 3:14; 1:Pet. 1:2; 1:Cor. 6:17 .

[164] Acts 9:31; John 15:26.

[165] John 14:16; 1:Pet. 4:14.