Cb3p.5 .Sect.g Book IV. hii life, or during his min~firy upon earth, may be ours; we hope it is fo, and we bd~eve tt to be fo, but for all that we mufi pray that it may be fo ; there is no contraditlion betwixt hope, and faith, and prayer, but rather a concatination; Lord I be!eeve, yet help my unbelief, or be it to me according to my faith, how we a~ Mlrke 'J• Z4J foever, it will beare that fenfe. z. We muil: praife God for all thofe pa1fages in Chrifi:s life. - Thus did the multitude, they praifed God with 11 loud voyce, for all the mighty work.! that they had feen; faying, ble{fed be the King Luk· '9·37•38 that comes in the Name of the Lord, pracein heav4n,andglory in the big heft. What (my foul) hath Chriil: done all this for thee ? was he made under the law,, to redeem thy foul, and adopt thee for h:s fonne to the inheritance of heaven ? came he down from heave~; ,and traveled he fo many miles on earth, to wooe and. win thy heart ? fpent he fo many Sermons, and fo many miracles to work thee into faith? 0 how lbouldft thou ble1fe, and prize, • - and magnifie his Name? how lbouldft thou break out into that ble1fed hymne, to him th11t loved us, and bath made us Kings, and Priefts unto God, and his Father, to him be glory 11nd dominion for Rev.s. f, 6~ ever and ever. Amm ?-.-.---·-------------- . / SECT. 9· Of conforming to 'fefus i~ that rejpeC!. 9· LEt us conforme to 'fe[m, as he acted for us in his life. Look_- ing to refm intends this efpecially; we muft.look as one · looks to his patterne; as mariners at fea, that they may run a. .right courfe, keep an eye on that fbi p th:'lt beares the light . fo in ~he race that is fet before us, we muft have our eye on Jefus , our blelfed patterne. This mull: be our . conftant quxre, is thiJ the courfl that Jefm fleered.? or that I may enlarge. - In this particular 1 {ball examine· thefe three quxres. 1. Wherein we muft conforme ? 2. Why we mull conform_e ? 3. How we mull: conforme: co. this life of Jefus?
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