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Chrif1

the

eminent

light.

ye are

the

light. Firfl,Chrifl

he

is

the

light enlinently,as that

-light

that

Nv_asmade

at

tirf}

was

fcatterèd

up

&

down,at

fail

was

brought

int

o

the

body of

the

Sun , and

whereby mcti come to

be lightned

it

is

all

in

Chrift,

and

fo

Chrifl

he

fcattereth

up

and

down

in

the

world

by

the

Minitlery of

the Gofpel,

Yoh.'

.8,9,

Be

was not

that light,

but

was

Pent

to

bear

witnefs

of

that

light-.

That

was

the true light

which

ugh

every man

that

cometh

into

the

world.

Every

man

that

comes

into

the

world that bath

any

light

he hath

is

from

Chrift, that

is

the

true

light, it

is

faid

-

of

john

that

he

was

not that

light,but

was fens

to bear

wirnefs

of

that light, and

that

is

the

work

of

the

Minit

}ry

to

bear wit

-

nefs

of that light,

but

Chrift

is

that true

light,Joh.$.

i

a. Then

fpake

7ef

us

again

unto

them, faytng,

I

am the

light

of

the

world,

he

that

followeth

me

flall

not

walk,

rn

darknef

,

but

flwllhave

the

light

of life.

I

am the

light

of.the

world,

Chrift

is

the light,

C

hrif} is

the Gofpel, the Gofpel

is

nothing

but the

doólrine

of-

Chritl, the

good

tidings that

come

into

the

world about

Je

-

fus

Chrift, that

is

the

Gofpel

now

that

is

the light

of

the

world

that

gives

light unto the world, it gives

light.

Fir(}

light

you

know

it

is

a

moflgovely

thing, Ecclef 11.7

.

Trudy

the

11

ght is

fweet ,

and a

pleafant

thing

is

it

for

the

eyes

to

behold

the Sun.

There

is

no

obje&

fo

amiable

to hive,

fo

delightful

as

the

be-

holding of

that

glory

of

God

that

(hints

in

the Gotpel,there

are fweet things

to

behold

there.,

it

is

a

pleafant thing for

the

eyes

to

behold

that

light

, a

poor

(inner

that

huh

lived in

darknefs

all his

days

before,

when he comes to have

his

eyes

opened

to

fee

the

light of

the

Gofpel , he

(lands

admiring

and wondering,and

is

amazed

at

the

things

that

he

feeth

,

the

converfion

of

a-f

nnér

is like

bringing

a

poor

nun

out of

a

dun-

geon that

was

born

there,irhich doth

come fuddainlyand feeth

the

glorióûs

creatures,

he feeth

the earth

,

the

Stars,

and

men

he

cannot

but

(land amazed

ar

it,

jufl

fo

is the

converfion of a

firmer,examine

whether

you

have

found-

the light to

be amiable

and lovely

that

your hearts have

been filled with

wonder with

feeing thofe things

that

you

did

never fee

afore,

the

light

as

it

is

pleafant

to behold,

fo

the

nature

of it

is to difcover

thins,'

that that

makes

manifef} is

light, E

ph.

S

,

i

3. But

all

th

.ngs

that

Nn

nn

are