C hap.z .Sed 5 Loekingunt1 1tfttJ. Boo!. IV.Parc.V. 9 05 ---------------------------------------------r-- ----- faith ? le t us lay it to here; let usfuclz.& be flztisfi edwith thefe lmf!s ofc'Ofi./,; tio,let u. millz.out,& be de/~ghtea wtb the a6udanceof huglorJ 3 . Confider ll f the fuitablenefs of thefe objeCts to ooc feveral conditions; you :r1y remember the firft cry ,w.u it 11ot love fr.ough · for Chrift to comt down,md to vifit uo here; but that he rrm ff go up .:nd ts~bJ m with hi1.1 ? no, no; his love was f'> great and vait,thar for our f~ kes he moves up and down; this ra vif11c:d the Spoufe, Behold he comes leaping upsn the mountains, end skipping upon the · hills,Cant.z .8. Gregory th:lt meaJured his leaps, thus gives them; Cant;l,S, he firfr leaps from his Fathers manG.on to his Mothers-womb; fro her womb,to his cratch;from his ctatch,to his crofs;from his crofs co his grave, fro his grave,up again to heaven; great leaps indeed, that thcwed both hisreadinefs to love, and willingnefs to fave: infinite love can never be out-tyred with greateft atl:ions. But another cryes. , how· thould I beleeve that Chrlft is exalted, and that by vertue thereof I thall bee exalted , when I fee my felf in a forlorn condition, forfaken of God , an abjP.Cl: amongfr men; Alas ! r~Mn at hi& beft u .llltogether vanity, PCa1.6z . 9 • y ea, men of lowdegreeare vamt;, andmen ofhtgh dtgree are a lye; " to 6c /.1yd in the ba/lance I 11m altoget her lighter than v anity; how thenjl7011ld I beleeveanJfuch a condition! is a worm a fit, or a capable (ubject to wear "crown? Yes,the Lord is great, aad he can do great things : He raifeth _up the poor ont ofthe duft., and lifttih 1 Sam. 1,s,9 ;; up the Bet,gar fr~m the dungh1!, toJet them among Prmces, and to · mal<! them inherit the-Throne ofglor]; for the Pil/r,rs of the earth 11re the Lords, and he hathJet the world upon them; he '¥!'ill k!ep tke feet of hi& Saints.-- Why there is my fadncfs, cryes another~ he will k_cep the feet of his Saints; if I were but a Saint ,Icould beleeve thu power;but altt...s!lam •m unholy ,an unfanl!ified,piece ofc!tty; I am a Jinner, a jinner of the Gentiles, chiefofJinner s; I dejerve to be thrown down tohell, rather than to.be invefted with glo7, and to fit in heaven. True; but yetthe holy Ghofr is given to make thee holy;ofthy felf thou art vile ,and moft vile;b!lt hath not the holy Ghofr entrcd in, and took poffeffioh of thy Spirit? hath he not wajhed thee with water! yea, through!y wajhed away thy blood? hath he mt lln6inted thee with oyl,. ana covered thee with jil~ 11nddecktd thee withgold andJilver, 11nd nt;tde.thee come!; 1 hrough hi& comelinefs which he put upon thee? why, this is the office of the holy Ghofr,andifthou haft but the in-dwelling of the Spirit, · Zzzzz thlL
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