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a
on
the Excellency
of
Cbrijt.
Jefus Chrift
:
his
heart was
fo
much
takenwi:h
the
ecel
le.ncy
of
Jefus
Chrif},
that
hee thought
it
,impolhible
to
la-
ment the
mifery
of the creature
that
should
forfake him
:
and
fo
St.
Paul
having
his
heart
filled with
the
glorious
Mystery
of Chrift
,
hee.
breaks
forth
with
this dreadful
curie
,
Hee
that
loveth
not
the
Lord
Jefus
Chrl,
let
him
bee
Anathema
Maran
-atha, as if St. Paul
thould
fay
(having
his
fpirit filled with the glory
of
Chrift) Oh what (hall
God
tnanifell
fo
much
of
his
glory in
his
Son,
and (hall
bate
wretched vile
creatures
prefer
their
lu'.ls
before him
,
and
have
their
hearts
taken
up with
other vain things
,
and
not
love
the Lord
Jefus
Chri(t
?
let that
foul
bee
curled
with
a
bitter curie,
faith
Paul;
fuch
a
.
foul
doth
deferve
indeed
to
bee curled with
a bitter
and an
eternal
curie
,
that
(hall
hear
fo
much
of
Jefus Chrift,
and
how
God
hath
revealed
himfelf in
that
wonderful
way
in
his
Son, and
yet
that
foul
(hall not
bee
willing
to
forfake
a
bafe tuft
for all
the
good
there
is
in
Jefus Chrift;
let that
foul
bee curled
with
a
bit-
ter
cutfe
:
It
deferves
above
all creatures
to
have
the
moil
bitter
curie
CO
bee upon
it
to
all
eternity
:
certainly
the
more
glory
there
is
in
Chrift,
the
more dreadful
will
the
condemnation
of
wicked
men
bee,
This is
(
the)
con
-
demnation,
that
fuch glorious
light
is come into
the world,
and
men
chofe
darkxefs
rather
than.
light.
How
many
hear
of Chrift,
and minde
little,
but
only
have
a
noife,they
hear
fome
(+range
things
of Chrift,
and
let
-them pafs
by,
and think there
is
little
reallity
in
what
they
hear,
but
the
only
real comfort is in fatisfying
of the
flefh
in the
!Lifts
of
it.
In
4E
.
t
3.
4a.
weeleave an
excellent
Scripture
for
the
13.41'
reproof
of
fuch
that
hear the Gofpel, and
minde it not;
Beware therefore,
left that
come
upon you
which
is
fpoken
of
in the Prophets
,
Behold
yet defpifers,
and
wonder,
and
peri(h,
for
I
work
a
work
in your
dales,
a
workmhièh
yeafhall
in
no
wife
beleeve,
though
a
man declare it
unto
you:
It
is
fpoken concerning Chrift,
as
appears in
the
verfe
before,
And
by
him
allthat
leleeve are jufi:tied
from
all
things,
by
whichyee could
not bee
jsilliFred
by the
Law
ofMiles
Now
then
Aá.