A·sAint ,, AB'fUit: . Part n·' th.:n others: It is the honourable Title of the Son himfeJf that: l1~ [is the Brig_ht~tfs rJj hu F~tthers glory,and the exprrfs in:age of hu pcrftm J Th1s ts above the honour of any, or ofall. the Saints. B~1t to have the Image of God in Wifdom, and Holinefs , as all Iuve that are fanchfied, is awonderful dignity to .be given to a crearure,and fo low and unworthy crearnres as we are. His corn~ ma~ds tell us what are the qualifications of his people. [As he whzch ?ath calledyou is H9ly ,fo be Je Holy, in all manner ef con• flerfatHJn : For it is written, Beye Holy,for I ttmHoly . J 1 Pet. , I: I 5, 16. And how high a command, and fl:rait a Rule is that, g1ven us by Chrift, Matth, S· 48. [BeJe thereforeperfe[J, tven M pur Father which is in Heaven is perfe[J!] Well may it be cal– led an exceeding Righteoufnefs, furpaffing the Scribes and Phari– fees , which all have that enter into the Heavenly Kingdom Jyf.rtth. ~ : 20. . There is nothing 'tmder Heaven, that is known c~ man fo li~e to God, as a Holy font•. Remember this the next time you reproach fuch . _All you that are the Serpents-feed, remember · when you fpit your veoome againit Holine(s, that it is the lm~~tge. of God that your enmity is exercifed againfl. . 0 what a flrang€! conjunCtion ofmalignity and hypocrifie appeareth in the enemies ofGod among us ! ApiClure of C~rifi that is drawn by aPainter, , or aforbidden Jm11ge of God that 15 carvedby an Jmage-mak._er in fione, that bath nothing but thename of an Image ef God, thefe. they will revercnc~, and honour, (though God bath forbidden them to make fuch.Irn11ges of. hi111-) The Pay>ifis will _pray before them, and the prophane among us are zealous for them : ·when . in the mean time they hate the nobl~jl lm~tges .of God. on earth, ForGidden Images of God have been defended , by feeking the b/oodof his trueft Jmage.r. Do you indeed Love.and Honotlr the Iw11zg,e f)f God ? Why then do you ha_te them, and feek. to ddhoy them ? And why do ,you make them the fcorn of your conti· nual malice ? Can you blow hot and cold ? Can yo1:1 both L.ove– anti'Hdte, both HonoHr and Scorn, the Image of GoJ. ? Search theScripture, and' fee whether it be not the fancbfied, hea-wenly, . diligent fervaots of the ·Lo.~d that are the Hono.urable. Image which he owneth·, and m~gnlfieth , and gloryeth m. before the world. If this be not true , then go on in your barred of them and fpare not. .Thefe are not Images of ftoue, but of Spirit :not: Images made by a Carver or a Pai1.1ter -, but by the Holy-Cjk&ft hjmfd( : . tiot hang;d up~n .a wall for m~n to look"on, bu 1 t bvsng •. mAges,
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