'The Saints 41. ___, ______________________ and pailiopaJ;ely preached, it will .affea: · u~ ·more lenfibly,butifwe layityetnearerroour heansand· · l~tit}mm~din;ely worke upo? our ·min~s-·by~e- ' · dttatton, tt wtll yeq:nore f<Jrctbly·prevatle upon; andpoffHfe:ouraffetl:ions. But to have, as·it"were . ; reprefented beforeoureyes avifible'crucifyingof : Chrilt ; the brui·fingef hisbody, and lheddingof his.bloud, doth farre above all breedmoll: tender and cotnpa"ffionate melting ' and bleeaing ~, in a foule fenfibleoffinne, the truecaufe ofaUthefe fufferings. · · . , . . · -: ~ ·· · ·· ·This lafrregrefentation, ·divine .wifdomemade choiceofas aHronge!l: means and motive to conti• nueandkeepfreflnhe remembrance of his death. · God the Fatht:rafcer that.greatdelugeandf€ar- · full drowningof thewhole world; leftthe Raine .. bow as aremembrance to mankindeoftheir falva– tionand deliverancefromwater.And·whenhe had extraordinarily and-fupernaturally fed·his ·people ·· ·with Marina from heaven, ·he commandedandea~. · fedapotfullof ittobeprefetvedin theArke, asa I memorial!of fo great mercy. Wee being happilv 1freedfrom thedevouring floud offin by the bloud l'ofChrifr, are put ·in minde thereof byBaptifme. · - And beingnourifhed with the heaven,lyManbaof Chrifrs body; have this high andholymyfrery of : the:Lords ~Supper left lUlto us, to continuethe re– niembrance.of. his deathand:paffion. · · · · ' .Byour participation·indlegr~ce, fruit, andeffi– cacie of his bodyandbloud;wegrow intoaneerer r andfrronger union withChrifi, and partakemy- ' · fiica-Ily,,yet truly, irivifibly, yeareallyofa more · · : · · · inward
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