BooldV. Looking rmto F/tfus. Ohap.z. Sect.z ----- - - - "- ---------------- preaching. z. To his miracles. both thefe relate to the ufe and exercife of his prophetical offic;, ------------------------ s E cT. 2. OfCbrift s Sermons thu yeare. :r. Hls preaching this y;are wa~ frequent, and ~mongll: .others h1s Sermons, now It was that he deliver. ed that firil: Sermon, repent for the Kingdome of heaVfn u at hand. J z. Now was it tJ!at lie delivered that fpiritual and myfrical Sermon of regeneration, at which Nichodemm wonders, how can )ohn; 3 • 4 ; a man be borne when he u old.< can he enter the fecond time i111to hu mothers womb and be borne ? but ' Jefus takes off the wonder, in telling him, this was not a work of flefh and blood, but ofthe Spirit ofGod, for the Spirit bloweth where it iifteth; and i~ as the . winde certaine andnotorious in the effects, but fecret in the principle, and rpanner of production. Then Chrift proceeds in hii Sermon,. telling him yet of higher things, as of his defcent from heaven, ofhis paffion and afcen!ion, and of the merey ofredemp~ tion, which he came to Work and effect f0r all that beieeve · 6[ . , the love of the Father, the million ofthe Sonne, . the rewards of fa rh, and glories ofeternity. And this was rhefumme of hisSerJllOn tO NJ>'hodem:u, which Was the fuJI eft of my fi-ery and fpecufation that ever he made, except that which he made immediately before his death. L k 5 1 1 3 4 3. Nvw wa,s it that the tl1rong of auditors forcing Chrill: to u • • ' ' ' leave the fhore, ' he makes 'Peters iliip his Pulpit; never were there fuch n~ts call: ou~ of that fifher- boat before; -whiles he ~ was upon land he healed the Gck bodies by his touch, and now ·he was upon fea he cured the fick fouls by his doetrine; he that made both fea and land, cauferh both to conipire to the opportunities of doing good to the fouls and bodu::s of apen. , • L 8 4· Now it was that he preached that bleffed Sermon on that uk, 4· 1 • te.xt, the SJirit of the Lord u upon me, becaufe hi hath anoynted we to
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