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ot;

the

Exceelesocy

of

Cbrig.

97

Matrh.11:25,2J7.

you

thall

fee

what

a

wonderful

thing

it

is made

,

even

this difpenfátion.

of

Chrifls.

Prophetical

pflice, in verf.z and

fo

on.

At

that

time

jefas

axfivered

and

laid,

'I

thantthce

O

Father,

Lord of Heaven

and

Earth,

beeaufe thou

hall

hid

there

things from

the

wife

and

prudent,

and haft

revealed them

unto

13a6es.

Now that

the

Father

did hide

them

from the

wife

of

the

world,,.

and revealed

them unto.babes , it

was

by

Chrift, though

hee

thanks

,

the

Father,and that.icwas done

by

Chrift

it

appears

in

verf.z7.

All

things arc delivered

to

mec

of

my

Father

,

and

no

man

knoweth

the

Son,

but the

father,

neither

knozweth

any

man the

Fatherfave

the

Son

, and

hee

to

whom

the

Son

will reveal

him:

411

things

are delivered'

to

mee

fo

that

Chrifl here

makes

the revelation of God unto

babes

,

to bee

the fruit

of

Gods

delivering up all

things ro

him;

All

things

are

deli

-

vered

to

nice,

and

no

man

knoweth

the

Father

but the

Son,and

him

to whom

the

Son

will reveal him ;

fo

that

Chritl

having

received all

power

from

the

Father

, upon this

it

is

that

thee

babe; come

to

have

filch

underilandwg in

the myfte-

ries

of

godlinefs ,

and the

wife

of

the

%void

never

come

to

undertland,

And

then that

is

very remarkable

as

wee

go

along,

that

upon

this

ground Jefus

Chritl doth invite

fouls

to

come

to

him,

Come onto mec

ax

yee

that

labour,

and are

heavy

laden

and

I

will

give

you

reg.

As

if

hee fhould

lay

thus, Conceive

now

as

if

Jefus

Chrift were preaching now

perfonally

to

you

,

and bee were

Paying

thus

to

you

, All power

is

com-

mitted

to glee

by

the

Father,and

as a

fruit of this,

that

the

Father

hath

committed

r4

mee,I

do reveal him

to

whom

I

pleafe,

and none

can

know

the

Father

but

by

mee ,

I

have

the difFenfation of

all

the treafures

of

wifcoine

,

and

the

revelation of

all

the myfleries

of

eternal

-life

from

my

Fa-

ther

;

-Oh the.refo_e

come

to

mee,

come

to

mee

all yee

thatlabour

and

are

heavy

laden

;;

you

labour under

the

burden

of

your

ignorance,

-

perhaps

you

complain,

alas,

I

do

not

know

cod

,

nor

understand the

great

_mytleries

of fal-

varion

;

I

pray,

and

gear, and

yet

I

cannot

comet co

under-

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flans