L~nking unto {t{ IU. Book. IV. JOJ - ---- - -------- - --- -------~ work ofour falvation from eternity; this very name and office of r~fus a s.wiour,wasrefolved on in Gods fvre-counfel, and given f;rth from the beginning, ar.d we have he~rd of late how it was promifed and foretold by an Angel; bm now it is Ggncd and fealcd with an abfolute commiffion and fulnd fe of power , him hath God the Fath~r fealed, Joh-.6. 27• ' It is his office and his very };h.6. t7 profeffion to fave, that all may repa ire unto him to that end , come un to mt a{!;e th .1 t are Wfary ; & him t hat cometh unto me I p. ifM It in no wife c11jl om; i~ which rCfpeCt be is cal!ed the Saviour of the J :; ~t ;,~·; world (i. ) . of Samantans,Jewes,GeotJ!es, Kmgs, fl1 epherds, andJoh, i 4~ of al l forts of men. ' 2. Whenhewas four ty dayes old, he nw bm ght to {erufo!err; and prefented to the L wd ; as it is written in rhe L aw of the L~d, every male that openeth t he womb foa/1 be ol!eJ hg!y tothe Lord : Luke 1 •11 : ; 0 wonder! there was; no impuri ty.in the S:mof God, and yet ' he is fi rfr circumcifed, and then he is brought and offered to the Lord; he that came to be Iinnefor us, would in our perfons be legally unclean, that by fati sfying ~he Law he might take away our uncleanndfe ; he that was above theLaw , would come under the Law , that he might free us from the Law , we are all born Gnners; but 0 the unfpeakable mercy of our J rfus ; that provides a remedy as early as our finne: firft , he is conceived , and then he is born, to fanCI:ifie our conceptions, and our birrhs; and after his birth he is firfi circumcifed , and then he is prefented to the Lord, that by two holy arts, that which was naturally un• holy might be hallowed unto God; Chrift hath not left our very infaacy without redreffe , bm by himfelf thus offered , he cleanferh us prefently from our filthineffe. - Now is Chr.jft brought in his mothers armes to his own houfe, the Temple ; and asman , he is prefented to himfelfas God., 0 how glorious did chat Tempi~ feem, now the owner was within the wallsofit! nowwas the houre, and guefr come , in regard whereof the fecondTemple fuould furpatle the firfr; this wasthe houfe b!lilt for him, and dedicated to him, there had he dwelt long in his t ypical prefence, nothing was done there whereby he was not refernble~; and now thebody ofthefe iliadows is come, and prefen ts l~ : m~el f, where he had ever been reprefented. You will fay, what 1 • th ts to me , or to my foul? 0 yes! Jerufalem is nowevery where ; there is no Church-Affembly , no Chriftian heart R r whic~
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