Ambrose - BT200 A42 1658

---------------------------- C' .tl. . Chap.l ,..;~<:-.{• 5· Lpokingumo refiu. / Book. I.Y. 337 --- ·-·----~ ------. prerogativr, I made the Law, and 1 ~viii difprnce with it; fe.Jre not I have the k._eyes of Life and dea{h, and upm my word }Oil {ball no; perijh. What foul would not have b~en raifed up even from the .Pottome of hell at this very voyce? J know a poore foul would have fcrupled at this, and have faid, what then jha!L 6ecome ofinfinite juftice .? ;'ht~ll that be dijbonoureJ to [ave rrn foul? this would have been a fcruple indeed, efpecially confidering that great contravcrfle (as we have heard) .of mercy and truth, ani righte6u(nejfe and peace: but to remove all contraverfles, God hath not only fpoker1 from heaven by himfelfe, but he himfelfe is come down from heaven to earth to f peak unto us : 0 fee this miracle of mercy ! God is come down in flefh, he is come as a pri,ce; he himfel(e will' pay himfelfe accord1ng to all the demands of his juftice and righteoufneffe before our eyes ; and all this done" now he offers and tenders himfelfe unto thy foul. Oh my foul, why fuouldeft thou feare to cafi thy felfe upon thy God .? l know thy objectionofvilenefs; notwithftanding all thy vilenefs, God him2 felf offers himfelf to lea4 thee by the hand; and to remove all do;bts, G(ld himfelf hath put a price fufficient in the aands of )ufiice to ftop her mouth: or if'yet 'thou fearefi to come to God, why come then to thy own flefh, go to Chrifi as having thy own naturet it is he that calls thee; how? go to flefh,? go to thy own nature .? what can be faid more to draw on thy trembling heart? if God himfelf, and God fo fitted, and qualified '(as I may fay) will not allure, mufi not men dye an~ perifh in unbe~ lief.? what! Omyfoul? (give111eleavetochidethee) isGod come do.wn fo low to thee? .and dofi thou now fiand queilioning whether thoY fhouldfi go, or come to him ? 'ry'hat is this butt~ fay, all that God is, or does, or fayes, i9 too little to perfwade me into faith? I cannot tell, but one would think that unpelief lhou!d be firangled, quite flaine upon this con!ideration ; all this 0 my foul thou hearefi in the Gofpel; there isChrifi incarnate fet forth to the life; there is Chrifi fuing thy loves, and offering himielfe as thy beloved in thy own nature; there it is written that ~ God is come down in fielh, with an olive branch of eternal peace in his hand, and bids youaJl be witnefs, he is not come to deftroy, but to fave. Oh that this encouragement might be of force to improve Chrifis glorious defigne to the fupplying of all thy Xx wants,

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