46S 1:4e partitottp of tieZthtüe 2fttributcZ Chap.22. away the Sins of the World, and in this relationnot fo clearly underflood. Our Sacraments have a relation to what is pall, and excite the memory by a clear fignifi- cationofhis Sufferings. The full difcoveryofthefe My- fteries was referved as anhonour to our Saviour's Com- ing.He expounded the filent types and fpeakingOracles by an a&ual Accomplifhment,and real Comment in his Perfon, Life andDeath. Heis the Sun ofRighteouf- nefs, and fheds abroad a Light that excels that of, all the Prophets in brightnefs, as well as his Perfon tranfcends their's indignity. And how fhould the E- vangelical Light warm our hearts with thankfalnefs to God for this admirable Priviledg ? Thedim forefight of the Meah two thoufand years before his Coming, put Abraham in an extafieofJoy;how fhould the full Reve- lation of Him affe& us ' Many holy Prophets and Kings defired to fee the things that we fee. They em- bracedthe Promifes, we have the blelfed Effels ; They had the Shadows, we have the Light. They only faw the veiled face of Mofes, We allwith openface as in a glafs fee the Glory ofthe Lord. Nowwhat is our Duty becoming this Priviledg, But to be transform'd into the fame Image from Glory to Glory, as by the Spirit ofthe Lord ? The LifeofeveryChrian fhould be a fhining Reprefentation ofthe Graces and Vertues ofChrift that are fo vifible in the Gofpel. Their Holinefs and Hea- venlinefs, their Hopes and Joy fhould as much exceed the Graces and Comforts ofBelievers under the Legal Difpenfation, as their Knowledg is incomparably more clear andperfect. Toconclude ; From theAccomplifhment of the an- cient Prophecies in thefirft Comingof theMefah, we may confirm our Faith in thofe glorious Promifes that are to be fulfill'd at his fecond. For 'tis the fame Di- vine Goodnefs, the fame Fidelity, the fame Power upon
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