pz Book IV. Lo~king u_nto 'fefns. Chap.z.Sett.4 · :Pial. I 44 , ). llJ. 6.,. l. !-Cor. 3· xS. \ ------------------------------------------ after Chrifts coming in the flelb, bow the heavms 0 Lord, 11nd comedown , Pialm I44· 5· OIJ that thcu wou!deH rent the heavens, that thou -wouldefl come down, I fa. 64. I. Drop down ye hcavenJ from above, and let the skies poure down righteoufnef{e, Ia the earth open and bring fmh falvatim, Ifa. 45 . 8. ·is it poJftble that th~ir deflres fhould be more vel1ement after Chrift then ours? they lived· on the dark-fide of .th~ cloud, but we on the bright-fide; the vaile was upon their hearts ; which vaile is done away in Chrift, they faw Chrift afar off., and their fight was very dim, and clarke, but we all with open f11ce" as in aglajfe, bthold the glory of the L ord. One would · think, the le!fe any thing is known, the le!fe it fbould be defired .; 0 my foul, either thou art more ignorant of Chrift then the Patriarchs of old, or thy heart is more out of frame: then theirs; fufpe& the latter, and blame thy heart, it may be thy torpid and flugifb nature hath layed rqy deli res afleep; ifan htmgry man will fleep, his hunger will fleep with him~ but 0 ftir up, and awake thy defires! prefef!t before them that glorious objeCt, the incarnation of 'je[u.fChrift; it is an objeCt which the very Angels de fire to look)nto, and art not thou more contern'd in it then the Angels? is not the fruit of the incarnation thine,more cfpecially thine ? come theri, ftir up thofe motions of thy appe- · tire, by which the foul darts it felfe towards the abfent good ; draw nearer, and nearer till thou com eft to union and enjoyment, try after Chrift, why is his chariot fo long in coming ? ·why tarry the whee,les of his chariots? . ------- -----·------4 :tfa g,6 SECT. 4· of hoping in J.e[tts in that refpect . .of.. LEt us hopr in Jefm, carrying on the great work of our falvation at his .firft coming, <>r incarnation. Only · :here remember, I fpeak notof.every hope, but only of ft1ch an hope as is grounded on fome certainty and knowledge; this is the maine queftion, whether Chrifts incarnation ·belongs unto me? ~e l)ropbet.telh us, that unto us a child u berne, And 11nto us aJon u
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