568 vrúV TÓ7rTi1pW. ¡.cx. How are we compleat iu Chrift ? Senn. 35; weighty particulars, I Cor. I. 3p. Who of God is made unto lid +if- dom, righteoufnefs fanE ification and redemption. We are foolip, creatures ; wifdom : We are guilty ; he is righteoufnefs; We are polluted ; he is fanHi fication : We are loft and undone ; but in him is redemption: We are empty of all good; but he is a full fountain, from whom flow all thofe blefìïngs which concern ei- ther our prefent comfort, or future, happinefs : We are nectili- tous and indigent ; in him are hid all the treafures of Wijdom aid kpoivledge, Col. 2. 3. Yea in him dwells the faalnefs of the Godhead bodily, and ye are compleat ire him, Col. 2. 9, to. Or as you have it, Col. r. 19. In him dwells all fulnefs. The rich Merchant thought himfelfno lofer by the bargain, in parting with all he had to purchafe an intereft in Chrifi, Matti). 1 3.45, 46. But when never fo much is Laid, there cannot a greater word be ufed than what the Apoftle fpeaks here, Chrifi is all. The Greeks were wont of old to account it an excellency to fpeak much in a few words ; to give their Auditors, ,rikayov ',UAW? sur,aYtca77 V61.41.741 an Ocean of matter in a drop of words. Thus does the Apoftle here give us (as I may fpeak ) gold in the wedge ; which I fhall endeavour to beat out into the leaf, by showing how much is comprized in this one word ill. The two names by which the molt ancient Philofophers were wont to fpeak of God were, that he was, ov xJ 7 71t6'1), the true being, and the univerfall good ; all the featured excellencies which are di- fperfed among feverall ranks of creatures, meeting in Lim , as the lines of the Circumference in the Center ; This does the Apofile fpeak here of Chrift, He is all. Phyfìrìans fpeak of an univerfall me- dicine, fuited to all difeafes, and helpful! in all maladies ; but whe- ther this can be found in nature or not ; yet certainly Chrift is a Panacea , in him we have a plaìfler for all (ores, a remedy againft all diflempers. There are indeed thoufands of cafes wherein all other helps are but miferable comforters; and Phyfitiatus of roo vallre`: but not one cafe wherein Chrift is not a full and proper help. When all that friendsresn do is Drily to pity us , he can help us ; becau e Chri . t. Wherein Chrift is Al For the further explaining and 2. How Chrift is All. confirming of this great truth, 3. What advantage it is to fin - three things fhall be fpoke to, cere Chriftians to have their All in Chrift. i. Wherein Chrift is All. In general!, He is All in All things; for
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