Cbap.3. Sed.3 Lo~king untD 1tftu, , Book. IV. Part.3. 6:-9 ing the lick, in refioring the dead to life; that<\s he lived, fo he dyed,for being ut1JUfily con~emned, mo~ked; ftri.pped, whipped, qucifieJ, he rook all pattently, praymg for hts perfecutors, and leaving to them, when be had no te:nporal thmg to gtve them, a legacy oflove, of life, ofmercy, of pardon, of ialvation; When the Sermon is done, and the burial is finifhed, )et every mourner go home, and begin a new life in imitation of Jefus Chriil:. 0 my foul-that thou wou!d'ft thus meditate, and thus imitate , that fo thy meditation might be fruitful , and thy imitation real ; I meane that thy life and death might be coaformable to the life and death of Jefus Chrift. But of that hereafter. · ------------------ SECT. 3· Of dejiring {cfm in th((t reJPeEl. 3. lEt m de fire after 'jefr~, carrying on the work ofour {all vation in his dear h. Jefus Chriil: to a f~llen finner is the chiefobieel ofdefire, but J eft1s ChriP.: as cmcified is the chief piece of that object. Humbled fouls look after the rcmedy,and they findc it chiefly in Chrift crucified; and hence are fo many cryes after barhings in Chrijls blood, ~rnd hyding i¥J Chri/f> rig!Jteoufnef[e, aClive and p-t[Jive. Ir:Jdeed nothing doth fo coole and refre!h, a parched, dry, and thidl:y foul as the blood ofJefus; which made the poorc woman cry cut fo earnefrly, I have an hmband, and chiUrm, and many other comfortJ· , l1ut I wotildgi·v·l! them a!!, 11nrl all the good that ever Jjbali [Ce in tht5 wodd, or in tl.'e world to come, to h.we my poore thirftJ foul rcfrefh't widJ th,lt p;·e~ ciom blood &j t.'1e Lml 'fe(m Chrift. , Bt:t what is Lhere in Chrifts blood or death that is fo deflreable? I anfwer. -·- I. There is in it the perfon of Chrift, he that is God-man, . man-God, the brightnej[e of hu Fathers glorJ, a11d the expref[c Heh. t. ;, - image of hu prrfon. it is he tbat dyed ; every drop of his blood was not only the blood of an innocent man, but ofone that Llll3 y.'~~
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