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On
the
Excellency
of
Chrifi.
fo much,
as
when
hee
gives
the knowledge of Jefus Christ
to
a
foul,
`then God
doth make himfelf
to
appear
indeed
to
bee
the
Farber of Glory.
And
further,
'The
eyes
of
your
underfizanding
being en-
lightened
,
that
yee
may
know
what
is
the
hype
of
his
,cal-
ling
,
and what
the riches
of
the
glory
of his
Inheritance
in
the
Saints, and
what
is
the
exceeding greatnefs
of
his
power
ío
m-ward
who beleeve.
And
in the
third
of
the
Ephefians,
from
the 14
werfe
to
the
20.
For this
caufe
I
bow
my
knees unto the
Farber
of
our
Lord
Jefus Chrift,
of
whom
the
whole
family¿ of Heaven and Earth
is
named
, that
hee
would
grant
you
according
to
the riches
'of his
Glory,
to
bee
flrengthened with
might
by
his
Spirit
in the
Inner-
man,
that
Chrifi may
dwell
in
your
hearts
by
Faith, that
yee being rooted
and
grounded
in love,
(
All
this now
is
but
a
preparation
to
what hee would
defire
further
,
and
that
is
this
)
That
fo
you
may
bee
able to compre-
bend
with
all
Saints
,
what
is the
breadth,
and
length,
land depth
, and
height and
to
k,iow
the
love
of
C
brit$,
which paffeth
knowledge ,
that
yee
might
bee
filled
with
all
the
fulnefe of
God
:
This is
a moll
admirable
Scrip-
ture,
furely
the
Spirit
of
Chrifc
filled
the
heart of
Saint
Paul;
and
fuch
kind
of
Scriptures
as
there
,
are
migh-
ty
fIrong
Arguments
to
evince
the
Scripture
to
bee
the
Word
of
God:
when wee read fuch paffages
as
there,
that
have
a
fpirit in them , beyond
the
fpirit
of any
man
;
certainly
it
was
beyond the
fpirit
of
any man
to
expreffe himfelf
in
fuch
a
manner,
That
hee
bowed
his
knees unto the
Father
of
our
Lord Jefus
Chrifl:
,
that
they
might
comprehend
with
all Saints what
is
the
breadth
,
length,
.
depth and height , and
to
know the
love
of
Chrift
which
paffeth knowledge
,
that
they might
bee
filled
with
all
the
fulnefe
of God
;
and
that
is
that
which
I_
would
efpecially obferve
,
that
Chri
flians
fhould
not
-content themfelves with
a
little
knowledge of Chrift,
but
they
fhould
labour
to
'comprehend what
is
thz
length, breadth, depth,
and
height,
they fhould
la-
A
a
bout
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