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Gcn.l9·I7
Ifai.IJ,J,8,
vation from firft to
~he
!aft. This indeed is the glad tidings, the
Gofpel, the Gofpel-priviledge, and our Gofpel-duty,
looking uu·
toJefus.
•
CHAP. U.
SECT.I.
.The
Duty
of
looking off all other things,
~onfrmed,
and
.
cleared.
.
m
U
T firft we muft
look,
off
all other things; the
note
is
this:
We mufl take offour mindefrom every
·
thing which might divert us in our
Chrifli;~n
race
from looking unto {efus.
'A4lo~&v7:~,the
firft word
.. or firft piece of a word in_my Text fpeaks to us
thus,
hands
ujf,
or eyes off from any thing that
.flanJs in the way of {efus Chrift.
I remember 'twas writ over
P
l11tls
door
p.» Tl'
~
'}'».,'v-•7•r
frla"f7(i},
there's none may come hither
th11t is not a Geomrter;but
on the door of my text is written clean
contrary,
p.» TH
o
-ynwp.EJ>~
MIT
OJ;
No earthly minded man muft
mter here:
not any thing in the world be it never fo excellent,
ifit fiand in
the way ofJefus Chrifi, is to be named the fame
day;
we muft not give a
!o&k,,
or fquint at any thing
that may hinder
this
faire
and
lovely fight of
Je·
fm. '
Thus was the Lords charge to
Lot
,
look, not behinae thee
;
he was fo farre to renounce and detefi the lewdnelfe of
S
o•
dom,
as
that he muft not vouchfafe a
look
towards
it?
At
that dtty /hall
a
man look,towards his Ma/ztr,
and hi>'
eyes foa!l
have refpefl to the holy one ofIfrael; and he foa/1 not look._ to the
Altars, the wcrlzpfhis h1mds.
.This was the fruit of Gods cha–
fiifement on the Elect
Ifrael,
that he thould not give a look to
the Altars, leafr
they
diverted, or drew his eyes from offhis Mtt'r
ker,
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