Thomas Boston, Works, 3:172:
Faith takes hold of Christ to cleave to him, never to part with him, come what will, saying, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. And thus the man ever interposeth the obedience and death of Christ betwixt heaven and his sinful soul. Keeps always Christ’s shadow above his head. This is his only plea before the Lord, by which he can answer the demands of law and justice, and ward off the blow of the wrath of God. If he expects any good from heaven, he looks for it to come through the tree of life, under whose shadow he sits. If he have any thing to offer to heaven, it must pass the same way. No communication with heaven but through Christ.
Faith takes hold of Christ to cleave to him, never to part with him, come what will, saying, though he slay me, yet will I trust in him. And thus the man ever interposeth the obedience and death of Christ betwixt heaven and his sinful soul. Keeps always Christ’s shadow above his head. This is his only plea before the Lord, by which he can answer the demands of law and justice, and ward off the blow of the wrath of God. If he expects any good from heaven, he looks for it to come through the tree of life, under whose shadow he sits. If he have any thing to offer to heaven, it must pass the same way. No communication with heaven but through Christ.
