Opened, and applied from CHB.' s s Prieftly-Office, isa work whereunto he is much inclin'd, and wherein is moft delighted. Ye than oblerve therefore, what abtui dance of bleffings Chrin lcattered among the people when hewas here upon the earth. Ye don't reade that ever he curled anyman, formally curled him: Once indeed, he pronounced a Cur fe, but it fell upon a barren fig-tree, not upon a man : Bitt take your Bibles, and turneover from leaf to leaf, and fee how frequent he was in bleffing : and confider whether you do reade in al the Bible,of any Prea- cher, or Prophet, that ever in the way of their preaching, pronounced fo many Bleffings as Chrift did ? 11e begins bleffing, Eldred are thepoor; and Blefed are th(fe that mourn; and Bleffid are thole that hunger andthirff ; and blef,ed are thofe that areperfecuted for my Namesfake: Biered are thole that hear the Word of God and keep it : Ile tooklittle children into his arms and Bleft them. no but m ark in all the Ciofpel, how fre- quent Chrift was in Llefling, never in Curling; more fre- quent in bleffing,thanever any Preacher was in all his Ser- mons : What's the reafon of this ? Fc'catafe this work of Eleffing the people, is a workwherein the Lord Jefus Chrift our High-Prieft, is much delighted, a work whereuntohe is moft inclined. Well, But cloth he gait? Yes, He doth do it, and cloth itfully. The fame place that I named will prove it, the I. of the Fphefians, and the 3. verfe, Blefed be the Godand Father ofour Lord lefto f, who bath bleffed us with all fj iritual bleffings in heavenlyplaces IN Chriff. Nor only meritorioully, but by the hand of Chrill. And (faith he) He bath done it : with all fpiritu- al bleflings, and he hath done it byJefus thrift. You will fay, We don'tfee that men are :hue bleff by Chrifi for where Chriff blefeth, he doth not only wijb well, andgoodunto aman, buthe beffowetb its yea, he doth not milt, beyow good, but he doth increafe and multiply ; But upon this account, howfew are there in the world that are blefi by chrifl I For Anfwer, It is a hard thing (fometimes) unto a Cbrifiian for to difcern this Biding ofChriff. Ye can fee the Boughs, o 2 Fruit 83 Quell . 4.. "Infw. Object. Anfw
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