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V
s
R
.
Z.
%phefians,
Chap.
5.
fubltance
of
all thofe ceremonial! facrifices,
whether they
were
of
livcleffe
things or
living creatures.
,e
fi.
The
third thing
is,
What
he
meaneth
by
fweete
(welling
fa-
vour
?
Anfw.
It
noteth the
effe&or fruite
of
this
facrifice,
viz.
the
appea-
fing
of
God
toward
us,
for the Hebrew
phrafe
is,
a
favour
of
reft;
the
caufe
is
put for the
effedt,
a
facrifice
propitiatory
:
it
is
borrowed
from
the
rife
of
finells,which by reafon
of
the content they
have with our
fpirits (as
harmonie)
doth
ftill
them when they
are offended and
dif
quieted. So
Gen.
8.
at.
The
Lord
finelled a
favour
of
refs,
and
faid
in
bis
heart,
I
will
henceforth
curiethe
ground
no
more
for
mans
caufe,&c.Exod.
29.42,
43, 44, 45,
46. The
fumme
is
this
:
«
Whatfocver
you doe,
doe
it
in
love, confidcring how
Chrift
« hath given
you example, whofe
love we
mutt
follow,who
"
fo
did love
us,
that
he gave himfelf.: all
to death, bring the
"
body whereof
all
the
legali oblations and
facrifices
were
« fhadowes
onely, that
he
might
lay
the
anger
of
God
ju
ftly
"
kindled againft
us.
We
fee
then,
r.
Tim
we
mull
in
all
things
Chew
forth
love.
I give you
a new
commandement, that
you
love
one
another
: a
new
Commande-
Jcn.
í3,;4.
ment,as the Hebrew fay,
a
new fong :
an
excellent
Commandement
that
fhall
never wax old nor be repealed. Faith
and
hope
(hall
ceafe,
but love
(hall
endure.
Aboveall
things pat
on
love.
Now
as
malic
ap-
col
pcareth by
the
effedts
of
it,
fo
love
by that which doth
accom
pany
ir.
Love therefore
will make
us
diligent to procure
the good
of
them
we
love.
Love
is
full
of
fellow-feeling
in
matter ofjoyand
griefe.Mery loving
a.
Chrift,
a
fword
pierced her foule
when
he fuffered.
Love
is
patient,
as
in
mothers loving their children
is
manifcft,
3.
how they
will endure breaking
their
fleepe
by night,
many
a
weari-
Come
hand
in
the day.
It
is
hopeful!, perfwading
it felfe
the beft that
may be
of
matters.
It
is
humble,
as in
Chrift,
lohn
13.
he loving his Difciples
wafbied
S.
theirfeete.
Love then being accompanied with thefe fruites, we may
fee
how
Yfe.
wanting
we
are;
How
are
we altogether taken
up in
our owne things
e
How voyd
are
we of
affedtions
e
if
our
owne
skin
be free, we
care
for
nothing upon
our
brethren. How contentious,
making tragedies
of
trifles, being
in
ftrife
for nothing
e
How doth
jealous fufpicions
trou-
ble
us,
impatience,
a felfe
willed pride
&c.
As
Chrifl.] Obferve
hence,
Hew
we
are
to
fet Chrifi
before us
for
an
DoC?.
en
[ample
that
are Chriflians
:
He
is
our
mafter,
wemuff
follow him that
are his
fcholars,
yet
this
is
not
thus
to be conceived that
we fhould
doe
every thing Chrift did, or that
men fhould
not doe that
Chrift
did nor,
but that
in
generali every one
in
his
calling fhould give obedience
to
God
as
Chrift did. For,
I.
as
Mediator he did things, which fo far
forth