13o Gracefbr Grace, Or the overjlowings of Him in His Glory. !fay, well may yebe contented to have 'fellowfhip withHim in. His Sufferings; for ifyou havefuf- fering for fuffering, you (hall have Comfort for Comfort : ifyouhave fellowfhipwithHim inHis fufferings; you Thal have fellowfhip with Him inHis Comforts too. (Markye) When Jefus Chrift Suffered, Had I-le a Deity to fupport Him ? (hall you-have. When jefus Chrift Suffered, HadHe Angels to minifter toHim?So Thal you have. When jefus Chrift fufiered, DidHe fee the travaile of His Soul ? So flail you fee it. When Jefus Chili was lift up, He drew al men after Him : So Thal you do : when you are lift up for theTruth upon thecrofs; you are apt to think,nowwil the Truth fuffer, nowwil the CaufeofGod fall to the ground: But remember, if you have fellowfhip in His Graces: if you have fellowfhip with Chrift in His Sufferings; you (hal have fellowfhip with Chrift in His Comforts: This was one ofHis Comforts ; when He was lift up upon the Crofs, then He drew all men after Him : So, when you come to be lift up upon the Crols,_ then (hall men be drawn after the Truths that youCutler for : and never (al men bemore drawn after the Truths that you fuffer for, thenwhen you cometo be lift up upon the Crofs to fuffer for them. Oh! who would not be willing to partake with the Lord Jefus Chrift in His fufferings, to have fellowfhip with Him in his fufferings, tohave : fuffering for fitffering ? 'Tis obferved, that our Savior never met with anygreat debafement, but at that time, in the midft of that debafement, there was forne breakings forth ofGlory. He was born in a Stable, He was laid in a Manger; here was His firft debafement : Here glorybreaks forth ; the Wifemen come and fal down before Him, and offer gifts; frankincenfe,and mirrhe. Again, He was Baptized : He needed not to have been Baptized ; He was clean enough in his Nature, He put our Al cloathes upon him, flood in our nature : No He hears a alt. w, Voicefrom Heaven, laying, This is Illy BelovedSon. 17 Again, You reade ofHim riding upon an Af's : Not ti- t ding in a Coachdrawn with Lyons, and drawn with Ele- phants
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