84 the great Gofpel-Myfiery of the Saints comfort and holinefi' Fruit, Body, Bark of theTree ; but ifye will fee the Root, ye muff dig, and take pains for to fee it : it's an eafie thing to fee the Leaves, &c. but if you would fee the Root, ye muff dig and take pains for it. This Bleiling ofJefus Chrift, it is the Root of all 5 and ifyou will fee this, you muftdig and take pains to fee it, it does not lie open toevery ones view. The Lord Jefus Chrift our High-Prieft, does not Blefreas man blefies ; and fo his Welling is very much hid- den from our eyes 5 he does not bleffe as we do ; he does not blefs as the worlddoes : if the world fees a Rich man, it pronounces him bleffed : Oh! there's a bleffed man,and there's a happy man!! what anexcellent Dwelling path he, how healthful ! his Table is fpread &re. The worldblares Rich men, pronounces them Happy and bleed. But our Lord Jefus Chrifi,he does as Jacob did,when7ofephbrought his two Sons to Jacob to be bleff by him ; he fet Ephraim, the younger at the left hand ofjaeob and he fet ManajTes the elder atthe right handofJacob ; that 7acob might give the right-hand bleffing to the Elder,and the left-handblef- ling to the. Younger: but when 3afephr had fet them thus before 7acob, 7acob croffes hands, and he turns the right- handbiding to theYounger. So, two men are brought. before Chriff a Rich man ( it may be) anda Poor man : and in the eye ofthe world; the: Rich man muff carry the biding : Oh ! but our LordChriff, he croffeshands, and helaies the bleffrng upon theyounger brother many times. Andfo in ragardof Ordinances. Two forts ofOrdinances are brought before Chrift Gods Ordinance, and Mans, Ordinance ; and Mans Ordin ance,in the eye of the world,. is the Elder brother and Gods Ordinance the Younger brother; andboth there are brought before Chrift, for a blefling, and the Ordinance ofMan is fet at the right hand' of Chrift by the world but the Lord Chrift, he croffere hands, and he laies the'bleffing upon the youngerbrother in this refpeft. And fo, two men are brought before him; a proud Pharifiee, and apoor broken-heartedfirmer the Pharifee comes unto theright-hand ofChrift1St thinks for to
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