Looldng untD 1efr~~. Boo.K V. I i 3 9 from heaven, and who being on earth was judged, condemned, and executed in your fi.ead ? and yet ar~ ye fear_ful, 0 ye of lire!~ faith? Oh what an unreafonable imnc 1s unbelief l nay, fay the fcrupulous, ifi were aflured of chis ; if I knew char my Judoe were my friend, I ibo~ld not fea~ ; bur. is he nor my enemy? have nor I provoked hl£!1 to emmty aga111Ll: my foul ? do I not !land it out in annes agamll my Jud5e? am not I daily finnitP aoainH him, who ju£Hy may condemne me for my linne? oiv~ this for granted, that t~is. and no ocher, no better is my c~fe, and what fay you then ? 1f 1: b~ fo, heark then ro the voice of our MiniHry. We poor M1X:11lers that love y~ur fouJes ( fay what you wlll o! us) would fam have all r~us emmcy agamfl: God, and againll Chrill: done aw_ay ; and to rh1s purpofe we not onely appear many and many amne. upon ~ur knees to God for you , but ( maugre all your oppofiuon agam!l: us) we could be content to come upon our knees fr?m God to you, to be~eech you not to provoke your Judge agamfl: your foules: what 1s ChriH:, and you at oddes_? is the difference wi~e betwixt your Judge and you ? I do now,an my MaHers name, 111 the name of God, and m the name of the Lord J efus Chrift, befeech you to bdeeve ; I befeechyou in Chriffs name, in {hnjl-s ftead, beye reconciled unto God. Is not this the Apofl:les word? :now then we are Em· ~Cor .5.to. bajfadours for Chrift, M t~ough ~~d d1d befeechJ'luby m, wepray 1ou in Chrifts ftead? ChnHs Mlmfl:ers are not onely Gods Leaates, but ChriHs Surrogates; to make this plain ro you., when ~Prince fends amelfen.;er to another Prince ; that meflenJer is onely an Embalfadour, thePrince bein~not bound to carry the meifage, himfelf in perfon, b~t !10W Jefus Chrilt, he is the Fathers Embaffado_ur, and Chn~ 1s therebx b_ound to bring the melfage ofpeacehEnfelf, but bemg neceflanly employed elfewhere (in the fame defigne of grace) he con8:itutes us his officers; [o chat we do not come onely in the name ofGod, but in the place of Chrifl: to do that work which is primarily his; M de Father hath fent me, even fo fend . I you; and this was the J h · · d . f h G l h. h h . d o n 10. %s. commen anon o t e a a: urns, t at t .e.r rece1ve the eA- Gal.·+· 14 , poft!e Paul even M [efus C'hrift. Now wetgh our deftre, web<:- · feech you to bel~eve ; vye befeech you to Ggne the Articles of agreement betwiXt C~nit and yo~ i wha~? !ball fome bafe inonfiderablelufl:fl:andtn c<?mpermon With Jefus ChriH:? will Fffffffz. you
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