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On
the Excellency
of Chrif.
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if
bee íhould dye
at
that
inflant;
though
it
is
true,
ordina-
rily
God
begins
to
air
firli,
and
Both
it
not all at
once,
but
yet
fometimes force
that
come
into
a
Congregation moil
ignorant and fottifh, and
know no
other
God
but
Mammon
and lulls
,
and yet coming
to the word,
at
one
infiant God
darts
in
that light
into
his
fpirit,
as
this
man comes to
have
his
heart turned
to God, and comes
to
know
his
mifery, and
to
know
the
way
of
falvation,
and
the
Covenant
of Grace,
but not
difiinótly.
It
may
bee after
this beam
of
light
is
darted
in, God may come over again difiimaly, and
reveal
to
him
his miferable
efiate
by
nature
,
and humble
him
more , and
fo
hee may have
a
little
glimpfe
of this
at
one
Sermon ,
and
a
little
snore
at another,
but
at that
very in-
Rant there may
bee
that
let
into the
heart, that
pofiibly
may
unite
the
heart
to
Jefus Chrifi,
and
fave
it if it
fhould
dye
at
that prefent
;
here
is a
wonderful
work
in
the
Pro-
phetical
Office
of Jefus Chrift.
6
And
then Chrifi
is
wonderful in
his
Prophetical Of-
fice,
in
this, he
teaches the heart;
no
men,
nor
Angels, can
teach
the
heart, but Jefus Chrifi
;
though
men,
N
Angels_
may
prefent truths before another man, and
fo
convince
the
underfianding, yet
there
is
no
men,
norAngels,
can bee
able to
fay
thus, I
will
fo make known fuch
a
truth
to
this
man
or
woman,
as
I will
gain
his
heart
by
it,
it
(hall trans
-
form
his
heart
into
the
very image of that
truth that
I
(hall
prefent unto him, no
man,
nor Angel
can do
it
;
but
Christ
hee
teaches
fo
as
no
man teaches ,
job
3
6.
22.
Behold
God
exalteth
by
his
power
,
who
teacheth
like
him
?
Now
God
teacheth
by
Chrifi
in
the
adminifiration of
his
Prophetical
Office.
Man
may
come and
tell
us,this
and
the
other thing
ought
to
bee done Oh but who teaches like Jefus Chrifi?
none teaches
the heart but
Jefus
Chrifi,
3-ob
3
8.
3
6.
Who
bath
pat
wifdome
in
the
inward
parts,
or who
hath
given
an-
derJandang
to
the
heart
?
certainly
none living
, no Angel
can do
it,
nor no man
can do
it,
it
is
only
Jefus
Chrifi
in
the adminifiration
of
his
Prophetical
Office
,
it
is
hee
that
reaches
,
and prevails with
the
heart
when hee
comes with
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truths