L~okingunte [e{tH. Book. IV. 51-; he equal with God, Jet he made himfelfe of no reputation, qnd took., 11pon <him the forme ofafervant. I might infiance in all other graces,for he had them all in fulnelfe,,md of hi1fHlneJTe /;ave all we receivedgrace, for gr~tce. Jah. 1 , 16, 3: In refped: ofliis words, talke, fpirituall, and heavenly language. The very officers of the Prieft·scould fay ofChrift, never Job. 7<46. m~tn JPak! lik§ thi& man; and fometimes :they all wonder.edat the grttcious words which proceeded out of hi1 mouth; he never finned in word. neither was guilefound in his mo~th ; who, when he wa1 rev iled,' reviled not ~tgaine; the Apoftle fpeaking thus ofChrift, he Lulcr 4• u . tells us, that herein Chri.ft left us «n exa~ple, that wefhould follow r Pet . ~. t1 , t~ h . ft --' vcr. H • 11 · ep1. . . . 4· In.refped: ofhis carriage, converfation, clofe-walking with God. Tt:e Apoftle fets forth Chrift as an high Prieft, who wM holy, harmlef[e, ttndefiled, andfeperate from Jinners; and in like He-b. 7• 16~ manner, fai·th Peter,ye are a choftn gmeration, a royAl prieft-hood, an holy natiov, a peculiar people, that ye /hou!djhew f~rth the vertue1 1 Pet. z. 9· of him, who hath c.z/Ledyou out ofdark..,neJTc into hu marvellous light: that ye fhould !bew forth the vertue 1 (i.) that in your lives and converfations you fhould exprelfe thofe graces and vertues,which were fo eminent, and exemplary in Jefus Chrift ; that you ihoul4 not only have them, bunhat you ihould hold them forth; ~~<ti?'~,.. .. r, the word Ggnifies properiy to preach; fo clearly !bould we c:xprelfe the vertues of Chrift, is if our lives were fo many sermon~ of the life ofChrifl:. · 5. In refpeet of all his ad:s, praetifes, duties ofmoral obedience; .we findein the life of Chrift many particular carriages, and ach ofobedience to his heavenly Father, whereof fome were moral, and fome ceremonial; now all ·thefe are not for our imi- ' tation, but only fuch moral aets, as concerning which we have both his patterne, and precept; come, let us marke this one rule, and we need no more, what(Oe ver hecommanded, and what· foever hedid, ofprecife morality , we are therein bo~nd to follow his flep!. l joyne together his commands, and deeds, becaufe in thofe things which he did, but commands not, we need not to conforme, but in thofe things which he both did, and comm~nded , we are bound to follow him ; in fuch a cafe his laws aiid praetife differ, but as amap and guide;a law, aJudge; a rule,and precedent, 1 · Uuu !It
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