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on

the

Excellency

of Chrift.

Oh bleffed

bleffed

Redeemer ,

make

thefe

fouls

to

under-

nand

thefe things,

CO

underftand

fomewhat

of this wonder;

wee have many wonders

of

our

own, and wee

tell

this

and

that

news,

but

O

that Chrill

would but

Phew

himfelf

now

to

your

fouls,

that

you may

underftand

fomewhat

of

this

wonder,

that

your

hearts

may

bee for

ever

taken

off

from

wondring at

any

thing

in

this

world

:

1

have

feen, faith Da-

vid,

an end

of

all

perfection, but thy Lan) is very broad

:

So

wee

may

fay, and the heartwould

fay

that

were

brought

to

Chrift , Oh

Lord, I

have feen an

end of all

the

great

things in the world,

but

Jefus Chrift

is

very

great

and glo-

rious

indeed,

it

is

bee

that

hash

darkened

all

the

glory

that

there

is

in

the

.

world,.,but

now

I

may

fay

of all thefe

things,

as

it

is

faid

of.

Daniel,

in

chap: I

z.

verf. I

0.

None

of

*/,ewickedfhall underfian4,

bat

the

wife

(hall underfland

thefe

things

that

are

fpoken

of

thrift;

the

wicked they

will

not

underftand,

thofe

that God

bath

.

not

given unto. Jefus

Chrift will not underftand,, but they

will

bee

content to

part

with Chrift

for

any thing

for.

all

this

O deteflable

wickednefs

that

there

is

in the heart

of

man,

that

after

this

that

hath

been revealed

to

you

about Chrift

,

fo

much of

his glory

held forth for the

wonder

of the world,

that

after

this yet thou thouldeft prize thy bafe lulls before all

the

good

and the

glory

that there

is

in Jefus Chrift

:

certainly

that

man

or

woman mull needs have

the,

Angels

in Hea-

ven,

and all

the

Saints

to

acknowledge

the

.

righteous

judgement of God in

the

condemnation

of them,

that

bath

lived

under

the Gofpel, and

bath.

heard what

a.

wonderful

Saviour

is

come

into

the world,

if

fuch

a:

one fhould yet

go

away, and

prize,

a

bafe filthy

tuft before all

the

good

and

glory

that

there

is

in Jefus

Chrift

;

take heed of

this :

certainly

if

it

bee fo,

if

any

of

you

bee found

at

the

great day

Rill

going

on

in

the

wares,

of

known fins,

,this

will bee

your charge

,

'You

lived in

fuch

a

place wherein

you

heard that

my Son was

the

great

wonder

of

,the world, and

glo-

rious

things were chewed

you,

to

allure

you

to

beleere

in.