Head 1f . _ The Text expiain~d: J 99' thee up to look after a Saviour. .Fix yout thoughts upon him offaed to thee in 1 the gofpel_, as fully fui ted to thy c rtfe ; having, by his obedience to the .death, perfectly fatis– fied the jufhce of,God, and brought in evedaiiiog ~jghte• oufoefs. This m01-y prove the feed of humiliation; ·defi~e~ hope and faith ; and put tbee on· to Hretch out tse withered hand unw him, at his own command. · ~ ~ .. ~ Let thefe things unk deeply into your hearts, ~~d im• prove them diligently. Re~emher, whatever. ~e be'r··te MUST be born agaiN; elfe 1t had been bener tor you, ye - had. ntver been born. vVhetefore, if any of you ilialf Ji-ve and die in an unregenerate Ha~e, ye will be inexcufable,. having been fairly. warned of your, h~=.ar~. H E A. D ' 1!. - . . The . MYSTIC .~L UNioN betwixt Chrift dB l' . an enevers~ . JoHN. XV. 5· I am the' vine, •y e are the oranche;. ' I . T AVI'NG fpoken of the ch~nge , made by regeneration~. ~ on all rhofe that.fhaU.inherit ete(nal life-, in oppolition' tio their natural real ila<te, the 'tate of degeneracy ; I pro– ceed to fpeak of. the·change made upon the m~ ,in-their uni01y :with the Lord J:efca Chrift,. in oppo!irion tb their natural · . . relativ.~ Hate, . the fiate of mifery. The doefrine·' of the faints u-nion. wi:th Ch'rifi is very plainly and fully. infifted· on , from the beginning ttHl;e 12th: verfe of this chapter; which· is a part of our Lord's farewel {ermoo to his dilci– ples~ Sorrow had now filled their heart.r-. 'They were apt tO' fay, Alas!. \~hat , will become of us, when our Mafier ir t.akenfrom our head! ·. Who w.ill.then ioftrutl: us?· Who' will folve our doubts ?, How will we be fupported under our ~ifficulties and difcour·agements ? How will 1 we be able tO' live, without our wonted communication with him? Where· fore our Lord Jefus Chrill feafonably teaches them the lllY– !!ery of their union with him, comparing himfelf to the: •~·fiotk,, and.the.m to the. branches •. I
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