to Iontt ttíng sr tn' 3 toernption 34 united into one, yet we might not fecurely follow him Chap, i~ in all things : for his remaining defeEts might be fo dif- y guifed by the Vertues towhich they are joyned, that we ihould err inour imitation. But the Life of Chrift was as the pureft Gold, without any allay of bafer metal. His converfation was a livingLaw. He didnofin, nei- He'. 7. 2A thenwas anyguilefoundin his mouth. He was holy, harm lefs, undefiled, feparate fromfanners. Heunited theef- ficacy of Example with the direótion of Precepts ; his aEtions always anfwered his words. Chriftianity, the pureftInitiation in theWorld, is only a conformity to his Patern. The univerfal command of the Gofpel, that comprifes all our duties, is, towalk as Chryi walk- ed. 2, His Example is molt accommodate toour prefent State. There mutt be fomeproportion between themo- del and copy that is tobe drawnby it. Now the Di- vine Nature is the Supreme Ruleof Moral Perfections. We are commanded to be Holy, acs God is Holy. But filch is the obfcurity of our Minds, and the weaknefs ofour Natures, that the Patern was too high and glo- rious to be expreft by us. Wehadnot ftrength to Af- cend to Him, but Hehad goodnefs toDefcend to us : and in this prefentfiate to fet before us a Patern more fitted to our capacity. Although Light is the proper objeCt of Sight, yet the radiancy and immenfe Light of the Sun in the Meridian is invifible to our fight ; we more eaìlydifcover the reflexion of it ir. fome opacous Body : So the Divine Attributes are fweetned in the SonofGod Incarnate, andbeing unitedwith theGraces proper for the Humane Nature, are more perceptible to our minds, and more imitable byus. This was one great defignofhiscoming into the World, to fet before us indoing andfuffering, not a meer SpeCtacle forour JohPn r3 wonder, but ii Copyto be tranfcribedin.onr Hearts and Lives,
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