40~ Book IV. leaking fmto 'j:cfru. Cbap.I.Setl,6 - ----- - ------ ·------~--- (brif ibid. ] ohn 1, r3, the prefence ofa Prince, or of fome earth ly ?·dajeJly? if t/;ou - goeft but intoa Kings P~lace . (as Chri_(ojiome fpea ks) thou compofeft thy fc!fe to a comt!me{[e zn thy habit, look_, gate, and all thy gui[e,and d~fl th~:,; laugf?I may adde, doft thou any way carry thy fclf undecently 111 Gods prefence ? 'fome there arc, that in the very midJl of ordinances _theDevil ufua lly rocks them aHeep, but oh ! do£1: thou not feare that thy damnation f1 eeps not ? bow jufily might Chri£1: co!lle againft thee in his wrath, and whip thee out of the ~em pie 1nto hell? furel ywe !hould do well to behave our felves In fuch a ptefence· w1th the thoughts and apprchenlions of heaven about us_; our bufi ne iTe here is an errand of Religion , and God h1mfelfe is the ob jecl: of otir worfhip : how then fhoul~ .our aCtions beare at leaH forhe few degrees of .a_ proportr_ona_ble addre~e to God , and chrift, and the Sp!~lt of Chnfl: ? what? IS Chrills prefence in his Spirit, and [us Angels he_re ? Oh let us walk§ with God as Enoch did, let us do all we do as m the prefence ofChrift, and his holy Angels. · . And~now was the firl.l Pafleover after {hrifl:s baptifme; as it is written, and the JewJ Paf[eover wa; at hand, and Jefm wmt up to. [erufalcm. .. This was the firft yeare of Chrifl:s miniftry ; whereof the · one halfe was carried on by his Prodromus, or forerunner [oh11 the Baptift : and the other halfe ( betwixt his baptifme, and this firft Patfeover) was carried on by hirnfelfe. And now hath Chri£1: three yeares to his death ; according to the method pr?pounded ; J fhall come on to the fecond yeare, and tO hts aCl:ings therein in ~eference to our Iouls fa! vation. CHAP.
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