Chres Panel? receivedbyall Saints. 95 goes toHell, but jefus Chrift He locks him up there, He locks him up there unto all eternity; ifHe did not lock him in, he wouldnot be there unto all eternity. So that whatfoever Grace, or holinefs there is in any mans heart, He opens thedoor, He lets it in, 'tis by His ordering and His fending thither. And Beloved, if jefusChrift were not the great Lord- Keeper of His Fathers wardrobe; why fhould thofe Names, and Titles be given to Him, which you find fo frequently inScripture Callyour eyes whereyou wil,you Thal hard- ly look upon any thing, but jefus Chrift hath taken the Name of that upon Himfelf. Ifyou caft your eyes up to Heaven in theday, and behold theSun : He is called, The Sun ofrighteoufnefi. Ifyou call your eyes in thenight upon theStars, or in the morning upon the morning fiar : He is called, The bright morningftar. If you behold your own Body : He is called theHead, and the Church the Body. If you look upon your own Clothes : He is called your Ray- ment ; Putye on the Lord jefu4 . If you behold your Meat He is called Bread, The Bread of life. If you look upon your Houfes; lieis called a Door. Ifyou look abroad in- to the fields, and behold the Cattel ofthe fields : He is cal- led, Thegood Shepherd ; He is called, The Lamb ; He is cal- led, ThefattedCalf. Ifyou look upon the Waters : He is called, AFountain, The Bloodof Chrift a Fountain. If you look upon the Stones : He is called, A corner Stone. Ifyou look upon the Trees : He is called, A Tree of life. What is the reafon of this Surely, not only to way-lay your thoughts, that wherefoever you look, 11111 you fhould think of Chrift : But to thew, that in a Spiritual way, and fence, He is all this unto the foul. And you may obferve, that thefe Titles, and Names, they are not barely, and nakedly given to Him ; but 11111 with fome fpeciality, fome mark or other. He is not barely called the Shepheard; but the good Shepheard. He is not one- ly called a Lamb 4 but the Lamb 'lainfrom the begining ofthe world. He is not barely called the Light ; but, The true Light, Ma/.4.2 Rev. 22. 16. Col .1.18 Rom.13. 14. Ioh.6.35 Ioh.io.9 Ioh. 'oat 'oh .1.29 Lull 15.. 23. Zac.13.1 Ifa. 28. 16. Fro.3.18
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