Part. 2.. Chap. I • Afjlmed Confciences. 339 ------- -------·- - - ·----- terrcmr in our amazed and afFlicted fpirits. A. ,.; 1 wef::el'lOw,&c. Seebefore pag. I35·&c.Andnow here the Minifl:ers of God have afl:rong and fcafona- . ble calling to {et out in the height, the excellencie, amiablenetT~, and foule-faving fufficiencie of !efUJ Chrift, ble{fd for ever: To amplil-ie and (}1agrJifie t~ the life, the heavenly beautie, unvalnaclenefle, and fwectndf~ of his petfon; paL1ion, promifes. No finne of {e deepe a ·die, bee itfi"arlet or _crimfon, bqt his· pretious bloud can raze it out, No heartfo darke or . heavie, but one beame fhining from his pleafed face, · can fill it as fi1ll offpirituall glory and joy,as the Sun is of_light,or the Sea ofwaters. No man fo mifcrable, but if he will goeout of-himfdfe, and the Devils Oavery quite, and come in, when he is dearelyinvited, .he will ad\rance him without mo111), ltNdwitholft price, from depth of horrour to height of happinefle,&c. · 3· By t~s time,bdng thus told and truly informed 3· High pri1.ing of [c..; in the myfl:ery and mercy of the Gofpell, the poore fus Chrifi. · wounded and w·eary foule begins to be deepely and dearely enamoured of Jefw Chrift. To advance him highdl: in ·his thoughts; as the only jewelland joy· of his heart; without which he bath beene heretofore, a dead man, and iliall heareafter bee a damned mifcreant; to preferre and prize him farre above the pleafures, riches and glory of the whole earth ;-to fet his eye and longing fo upon him, as to hold himfelfe loft for ever without his love; Nay, in the cafe he . now fiands,he is mofl: willing for a found and faving cure, to paffe through a piece ofhell, if need were,to fuch a heavenly Phyfition; in whofe blc::£fed perfon alone, as he heares,all the riches ofmercy, goodneffe, compaffion,and comfort is to be found;and in whom : are hid and heaped up the fulneffi:of grace, and treafures ofall perfection, So that now: .the.currentof his . befl: affeCtions, and all the powers of his humbled 1oule are wl:10lly bent· and directed toward him, Y. -4 as . .
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