foule-exalting l:Jumiliation, . . 137 2 That when they had Iefus Chrifi and all the glorious plea!ilres ofhis ldngdome fo· feafonably revealed, and freely offered to them, they did not entertaine and imbrace them with more eagerneffe and joy, quickneffe, aad difpatc~. · . • 4 Fourthly; Let us take notJce bowmfinJtdy wee have beene wanting in thankfulnetfe, for that moftmighty, glQriotis and incomparable work of our converfion; a greater worke than the making of the·whole world, and ·to usfarre more, than the glor;.,riches-, and pleafuresoften t:houfand worlds ; wherein theblem~dTrihirie had their h~nds, with infinite mercie, with ,infinite merit, 'with infinite· might;·Aferio.ps contemplationof the greatnetfe of the benefit, is able to overwhelme the largefr ca.pac-itie humane; or angeHcaU, ·with everlafiing · admiration, what? to be freedfrom'ev·ery-mo_tnent · ofthe eternitie ofheHifh tornien~, and ro bee~n~ . rkhed to every momenr of the everlafiingneff'e · of heavenly joyes; Oh rhe depth ! ifall the hearts : and rongues of all the men and.·'Attgells in heaven and in ~arrh were indufl:riouOy let onworke to ex-' · toll and magnifie this happie·change ofours,they would come -infinitely.:fhort o£cllat which i·s·due · anddefervcd. --· Thus much ihaU fufli'ce for the difc'overi'e ··ofthe · abominations ofthe dayes of oantanitie, and our ' failings in our ·tranflation from darkneffe to light) , to fuggefi unto us further matter for our ·deeper · · humiliation·. , .. , Now fomewhat mull: bee faidofthe thirdand laft ;" thaHs ; our rel~pres falls; ·andfrailties fince : dris . • I . l · will '_ .I _________,_____ =----------r-"" ·~ -
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