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On

the excellency

of

Gbrif.

IO

tion

to the honour

of

Jefus

Chrift;

therefore

if

you

look

at

God in

a

meer natural way

,

and honour, and worfhip

him

never

fo

much,as

the

heathens did

,

all

this

would no:

do;

but

now

that

honour

that God

hath in reference to

his

Son

when a

poor

firmer

is

fenfible

of

the breach

that

fin

'hail

made.

between

him

and

the

infinite

God,

and conies

to

fee

Jefus

Chritl, and

feeks

to advance

Tefus

Chritl

by

faith,

I

faith

God, here

is

the

honour that

I

wouidháve:

And there-

fore

when

all

the

deft

ones

that

were given

to

Jefus

Chria

to redeem,

when

they

are

all

converted and brought

to

Jefus

Chritl,

the world will

fall about

our

ears,

why,

be-

cáufe

-faith

God

,

I

have the

end that

I

made the world for,

and

now

I

have

brought

iii

all.

-that

do

belong to

my Son,and

a

1

thofe

works-by which

my

Son

will

cón:e

to'have

his

honor

eternally

are

done,ler

there- be an

end-of the world,aud

the

end

of the

world

is

like

to

be

the

fooner now;

becauife

that

we

ffeGod

is

doingfo

Much

for

the

fetting

up

of

JefusChrit+

in

this

latter

age;aswhen

a

mans

time

is

arnica

at an end

for

his work

then

hee

Both

work more fpeedity than

hee

'did

before;

now faith

God,

I

have

made the world for

the

ho

-'

nour of

my

Son

,

but

yet

to

this

day

how

little

honour bath'

my Son

had

from

the

world?

and there

is

a

time,

faith

God;

that

I

will

manifefl

to

all

the

world that

I

did make

it

for

Jefus

Chritl

,

bee

did

not

make

it

for

a

company

of

Ty-

rants to do what

they would in

;

nor

for

a-

company

of

pro-

phaiae

people-,

to

eat

and drink

,

and follow

their lulls

in,

but

the end

at

which

God

aimed

at

in

making

the world

faith

bee

,

I

will

fet

up my

Son

in-the

world ,, and all

the

works

that

ever"

nave

been

done

-in

the

world

,

fhall

at

length come

into

conduce to

the

honour

of my Son

And

this (hall

bee the

great

work

that

fhall" bee done

at

the

-Day

of

Judgement, hee

Will

thew to

al-1

the

world how

air

thofe works

that

did

feem

to

go

moll

again(+

Jefus

Chritl,

how

they

were- brought about for the honour of

Jefus

Chritl

:

Oh

blefred are thofe fouls

that

come

to

fee that-

all

things

were made

for

the honour

of

Jefus Chritl

and

fo give

glory

to

him-

accordingly. Thus you

fee what

a.

i

,

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