90 Chap. V. ful as theWork. That Chrift by dying on the Croft, Le-y-y,) a reputed Málefa&or, fhoulcl be made our eternal p ighteoufuefs, that defcending to thegrave, He fllould bringup the loft . World to Life and Immortality, is fo incredible to our narrowunderftandings, that Heaves us; and áftonifhesus at once. And in nothing 'tis more Ca. eq. e. vifible, That the Thoughts of God are as far above our thoughts, and his ways above our ways, as Heavenis above' the. Earth. 'Tis a fecret in Phyfick to com- pound the molt noble Remedies of things deftructive to Nature, and thereby make one Death victorious over another : But that Eternal Life thould fpring from Death,'Glory from Ignominy, Bleffednefs from a Curie, is fo repugnant to Humane Senfe, that to render the be lief of it ea-fie, 'twas foretold by many Prophecies, that when it came to pals, it might be lookt on as the ef- feet of God's eternal Counfel. The Apofile tells us a cos. 1. 23. that Chri.l crucified was to the Jews a fumbling-block, and to the Gentiles foolifhnefs. The grand sophies of the world efteemed it abfurd and unreafonable to :be- lieve, that He who was expofed to sale:rings could fave others : but thofe who are called difcover that the Doctrine of Salvation by the Croft of Chrift, which Ver. 24. the, world counted folly, is the great Wifdom of God, and molt convenient for his end. 'A doable reafon.is given of this method. z. Becaufe the Heathen world did not find and own God in the way of Nature. For after That in the I Col'. z. 21. Wifdom of Godthe World by Wifdom knewnot God, it pleated God by the foolifhnefr ofpreaching to fave them that believe. The frame of the World is called the WifdomofGod , thename of the Caufe is given to the Effeci, in regard the Divine Wifdom is fo clearly ,di covered there, as if it had taken a vifible form, and . prefented it feif to the view of Melia But thofe who profiffed °De OittroottpottttlDibítrie littvábttteo,
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