fnContribíng n'fi ttebentptiond 34.5 clearly fee in his deportment innocent Wifdom, pru- Chap. 8. dent Simplicity, compaffionate Zeal, perfet Patience, li the courage of Faith, the joy of Hope, the tendernefs and care of Love, incomparable Meeknefs, Modefty, Humility and Purity. He fpent the night in Commu- nion with God, and the day in Charity to Men. He perfeâly hated Sin, and equally loved Souls. The neareft and readieft way to Perfection, is a ferious re- gard tohis Precedent: For the caufesofall Sin are either thedefre ofwhat Hedefpifed, or the fear ofwhat He fuffered. He voluntarily deprived himfelf ofRiches, Honour4, Pleafures, to render themcontemptible,and endured outrages of all forts,the contradictionofSinners, Cum omnibus and the iharpeft Sufferingstomake them tolerable. He vitæ offlciis it,- afcended Mount Calvary to his Crofs, before he af- præbur%t,mtt cended fromMount Olivet to his Throne : He was na- doloris quoque ked before he wascloathed with a robe of Light, and pmortatiertianfqucco r, in. crowned with t corns before withGlory. An 7 thus he temptum, qui- powerfully teaches us to follow his f}eps who fu Bredfor bonfiminaa& us. Ifa .Phyfician ofgreat efteem, in a Difeate takes a vest virtus, in tra- bitter Potion, it would perfwade thofe who are in the d "retnir homirri, manus fame danger toufe the fame Remedy. Since the Sonof impiænationis, God to purchafe our Happinefs, denied himfelf the en- cunt & 'itare poruilfct fcicn- joyment of worldly Delights, and endured the.worft of gl tuturiquam temporal Evils nothing canbe more effectual to convince o"rebat,& re- peliere eadent us, that the Pleafures of the world are not confiderable viltl to qt n,i- as to our laft End, and that prefent AfA ì ions are fo far rabilia 'ccit from being inconfit}ent with our fupreme Blefl"ednefs rent. doCam. p , Clrri(}. that they prepare us for it. Infhort, His excellent Example not only enlightens our Minds to difcover our Duty, but inables and ex- cites to perform it. As theEye in beholding vifible ob- jes receives their Image,foby contemplating the Gra- ces that are confpicuous in our Redeemer, we derive a fmilitude from them. We a//,faith the Apoftle,with open 2 Cor. 3, Y y face
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