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on
the
Excellency
of
Chrifl.
a
3
5
fufferinn,by the
way
of
r9ffti1tions,by
the
way
of
trossble,
to
pave the way
to
glory by
fuch
kinde
of pavement
as
this,
this was the
wonderful
work
of God.
14
And
in
this
further , here was the moil wonderful InChrifisftf-
Argument
of
Gods
hatred to
fin
that
poJibly
can
be
imagined
fern
appears
and
avonderfulleíl
pattern
&
example
of
feif-denial
that
ever
of
f`.atc4
of
fin.:
was
in the
world,Chrill
was
wonderful
in this,in
that
in
him
there
was
held out the molt wonderful Argument
of
Gods
hatred of
fin
,
as
if
God would
fay ,
I
will fet mine
infinite
wifdome on work
to
finde
out
an
Argument
to
ma
nifefl my
hatred
to
fin
;
there
could not
have been
a
greater
,
an
in-
finite
wifdome
could
not
have
found
a
greater
manifefta-
tionof
the
hatred
of
fin
And
then
hee
was
in
his
humiliation,
I
fay
the
pattern
Ch:it};nfuf
-
of
the
grearef+ felt=
denial
that
ever
was
,
or
ever can bee,
fering,
a
pat-
Gad,holds
forth
his
own Son
to
bee
the
pattern
of
felf-
ternof
felt:
-
denial to all
the.ivorld
the
Lord
fees
how
wee are
alto-
denial,
-
gether
fbr
our felves how hard
it
is
for
us`
to deny our
felves
;
Well,
faith
God
, I
will
not
onely require
of
you
than you
Thail
deny
your
felve
s
for mee
as
your dirty , and
bound
as
creatures
to
do-
it to
your
Creator
,
but
I
will
fend
into
the
World
fuch
a
pattern
of felt-
denial
,
as
it-is_
itrtporole.
-for
men
or
Angels
to
imagine
a
in
re
wonder-
ful
pattern of
felf
-
denial; My
Son,
thatis
equal with
my
Pelf,
to
come
in the form of
a
fervant,
although
hee had
right
to
all
things,
bee
fhall empty,
and
deny hirnfelf
to the
extremity of all kinde of inifery,
And then-that
that
makes
up
all
the
wonder
is
this ,
that
Chr.ft
fu
ç.
all this should
bee
done
for
us
for
fuch
poor
worms,
for
for
us.
fuch
vile
bate
creatures
as
wee
are
;
why
might not men
and
Angels have thought thus? why
Lord,
had
it not
been
better
for
ten
thoufand
thoufand and hundreds
of
thou
fand-s
, and millions
of
fuch
creatures
to
have
perithed to
all
eternity
,
than
that
thy Son
fhould bee brought
fo
low,
to
fuller
fo
as
hee
did
?
But
no,
faith
God,
I
will manifefl
a great wonder
in the world
in
this,
that
all this
Chat!
bee
done and fuffered
for poor worm, (men)
in
whofe
_
eternal
de--