-----.-·---···--~--- ·-~--.;;.;,,;...~--· _ ....... ....- ...........y ......... .. .. ....... _ the molmt.tirJe to pray, and whilehe p;-;;yd, he was transfiguredbefore them, f iiJd his facedid fhinc li ks ; l;e jim, and hi r g,:rmen tJ wEre whiteandglijl ering, omd there appw-d ulk}\(T, with him c./liofe.r otnd E/yM, !peakjng of the,deceafe which he (houl4 accomplifh tit {erufalem ; the cmbafile of ( hriils death was del ivered in formes of glory, that fo the excellency of the rewardmight be reprelented together with the fharpneffe of his fufferings; now if ever, whiles he was upon earth, was the beauty ofChrift fcen at h<-ight; Peter faw it, and was fo raviibed at the fi.gh r, that he talked he knew not what: In refped: of this glorious beauty, his.face is faid to jhine lik.e the fun, I cannot think but his £hine exceeded fun , and moone, and frars; but the fun is the brightefr thing we know, and therefore it is fpoken to our capacity; Here's one ftraine of exaltation, though moflly all Chri!h life was a frate of humiliation ; it learnes us to be content with , yea to exped: moil: humiliation little exaltation here ; we may have a tafl:e , but no continued comforts till we come to 45 9' -heaven, 7. Now he difcovered his meekneffe in riding upon an af[e, .and Ml tth. ~!, f • acoalt the foale of an af[e ; which was according to the prophefi.e, .Behold thy King com-eth unto thee meek_. and efpecially in rebuking the furious, intemperate zeale of [a'mes an.d {ohn, who would faine have called for fire from heaven to have confurned the in- / habitants of a little village, who refufed to give Chrift entertainment. Ah faith Chrift, ye k!zow not what jpirits ye are of : q. d. L k , -· . you mufr learne to difringuifh the fpirit ofChriftianity, from the u e 9· f ~ · fpir it ~f Elias ; why,Chrifl came lll'ith a p11rpoje tofe;~ and to [ave ver. r6. mms lzves, and ~otto de{lroy them : it were ra(hn~fs 1ndeed to flay a man on fome light dJpleafure whofe redemptiOn coft the effufion ofthe,deareft heart-blood ;f the Sonne of God. See here ' .the meeknefs ofChrift, in oppoGtion to the fury and anger of his own difciples. 8. Now he difcovered his pity and compaffion, in weeping ever (ms[.1 lem; and when he was comeneare, he b~held the City, ~ k . , t-tnd wept over it,[aying if t hou hadft k!town, even thoPI, &c. we read u · 1 9-4I,u. o f[ofeph, that there was in him fuch a brotherly and natural Gen; H · 3o. compaffion, that hi& bowel!yearned upon ht:s brethren, and he could Gen. 4S· x.,.., ~ot refraine hi-mfelfe before all them that flood by him ! his lovewas ltke an hot furnace : now Jefus Chrifr hath the fame heart and~ N n n z. bowels
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