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on
the
excellency
of.
Chrift.
Thou fpeakeft,
ignorantly, and carnally,
thou
dolt
not
underhand what
the
Prophetical. Office of
Jefus
thrift
do:h
mean, for Gad the Father
hath anoynted Jefus
Chrift
to
come
to
in{trud
his
elee}
ones in all
the
myftery
of
god
-
linefhe,
and whatfoever he
-bath
heard
from
the. Father
hee
tells them. When
God'
the Father
lent
Chrif+
into
the
World,he
faith,
Goe
your
way
;
and
this
is
the charge
that
I
lay
upon 'you,
that
whatfoever
you
have
heard
of
me from
all eternity, ñrft
or
fall,
reveal
tt
to
thofe
fouls
it
is a
wonderful benefit
that the
Saints
have
by this
Prophetical,
Office
of
Chrif}.;
and
this
is
fpoken
to
his
Difcipl
es, not
as
eminent only, but
.he.
calls
them
friends,
in
the fourteenth
verfe,
And
all things
that
I
have heard.
of
my
Father
I
have
made
mown
to
you
;
here
is
the.
fruit of
Chrifts
friendlhip
you are
my
friends, and
here
is
the fruit
of
my
love
to
you;
hedothnot
fay,
I_lrave
called
you
friends,.
therefore
I
will
give you
great
poffetons
in
the World
;
no, but
I
h
ave
called
you
friends,
for
all things
that
I
have heard of
my
Father I
have
made
known.to
you
;.for
Jefus Chrift to
make
known
thefe
bleffed things
that he
bath heard
of
the
Father,
-
that
are
kept,
from the wife
of the world
,
this
is
the
fruit of
Chrifts
friendfhip; therefore
though
Chrift
doth
not
give
you
Poífeffions
in
the
world,
though you
bee poor
and
mean, yet
you
may be
dear
friends
to Jefus Chrift.
Q
Flew
(hall
1
know
th
-s
?.
A.
Why?
if
Chrift
reveals
to-your fouls
thofe great things:
of eternal life that
he
hash
heard from the
Father,
ce'raiú
ly
you are the
friends
of
Jefus Chrift
;
oh
that
wee could''
exercife
our faith-
in
this
Prophetical,
OHïce..of
Chrif
+,
itr
which he
is
wonderful;
'when
you
would exercife faith ',T-
on
Chriíl,
exercife your
faith
upon him
as
a
Prophet
;
Lord,
I
an weak. and
dull,
but
Lord
thou haft anoynted
thine
own
Son to reveahuntome
thy
will,as
much
as
concerns my
everlafling good
;
look
upon
Jefus
Chrif+ as
the wonder
of
the world in all
thee
things,
in
his
Kingly, Prie(tly; and
Prophetical Office, and
then doe
you
honour
the
Son
of
God
as
the
Son
of
God,
when you loo's
thus
tipo.3
him. Anil
N.
3
then.
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