_exaltation_, a Lord _over all_: so a Christian is, with reference to his _faith_, a lord _over all_, nothing being excepted but God; but with regard to his _life_ and conduct, a servant of servants, being _under all_ persons and things. Chapter XII. Showing That Christ Is The Only Way And End Of True Godliness; And That Man Goes Astray, When God Does Not Guide And Direct Him. Teach me thy way, O Lord: I will walk in thy truth; unite my heart to fear thy name.—PS. 86:11. This way is Christ. He says, “I am the way.” John 14:6. But thou wilt here ask, How am I to come to him? The answer is: By _faith_. For _faith_ unites us with Christ; _love_ binds us fast; and _hope_ upholds and sustains us while we walk in this way; that is, in the life of Christ. Yet at the same time, faith, hope, and love, all proceed from Christ himself, and are his work in us. All these graces flow from him, and return to him. This way goes out from him, and leads back to him again. 2. Faith apprehends the Person of Christ, and his office; Love follows Christ in his life and conversation; Hope seizes on the glory that is hereafter to be revealed in Christ. _Faith_ must have no other Christ, no other Redeemer, no other Saviour, no other Mediator and Way to life, but JESUS CHRIST only. _Love_ sets before itself the one only life of Christ, as the most perfect and shining pattern to which to conform itself. _Hope_ looks up steadfastly to Christ, as the glorious Captain of our salvation, keeping its eye fixed upon his everlasting kingdom above. This, _this_ is the right _way_; this is the unerring truth, wherein we are to walk; and this is what is meant by _having the heart united, to fear the Lord’s name_.