nall91Met Chrafts FllInc; receivedby all Saints. 9 likeunto him : for the lover loves tomake a thing loved to be like himfelf, or himfelf tobe like to it : The lover would (ifhe could) melt himfelf into a One -netswith the thing lo- ved. Indeedour love is (cant, and we cannot do it. Mo- fes, (of whom the Law is fignified) might chip, and pare his wives nailes, but hecould not change her countenance. Amanmay love hiswife, and beftowmuch uponher but he is not able to change her countenance, to make her to be like himfelf : But jefus Chrift hath this happinefs above all the world w His love hath this happinefsabove all other love, that He is able to melt the perfon loved, the foul lo- ved into His own likenefs : and therefore, wherever jefus Chrift lets His heart upon any foul, to delight in any ; He draws His Imageupon them, makes the foul to be like un- toHim : what Grace He hathHimfelf, He does communi- cate it unto that foul, that there is an Ari,iverabienej; of Grace, Even Grace for Grace. Again, There is the fame Spirit in a Chrillian, that is in Chrift. Iwillfend (faies He) the Comfo ter, the. Spirit oftruth and He Pall come untoyou. The Spirit does not only come to them ; but is Paid to dwel in them,and to be tl ed abroad upon their hearts. Now ifa Beall had the fpnit, and the foul ofa man ; he wouldwormlike a man, he would fPeak like a man : and ifa Plant, if a Tree, ifan Herb had the life of a Beall; it would taft like a Eeaft : And ifa Stone, ifthat had the life ofa Plant, itwouldgrow like .a Plant. So now, ifa Chriflian have the Spirit of Chrift, he mutt worklike Chrift, he mutt needs belike Chrift : Now the fame Spirit He hath, a Chriftian hath the fameSpirit with Chrift, and therefore needsmuft be like untoHim, andhave Grace for His Grace. Somewhat in a Chriftian, Anfwerable to every GraceofChrift. Youwill fay untome: How can thisbe? indeed it holds forth abundanceof comfort untothe Saints, and an incou- ragement to all,to be fo : But how can this be ? Thereare fome Incommunicable Properties , Perfonal Excellencies of Chrift; Areall men Saviors ? Areal} men.Mediators? Are all men Chrifis ? No Rjoeha:115.. 26 . Objet7.
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