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On
the
Excellency
ofChriji.
their
fpirits
,'in
their
converfations
?,
but
becaufe
they
know'fo
little',of
the Myflery of
the'
Gòfpel:
If
thou
didfi
but
underfiand. the
Myfiery
of
the, Gofpel',
but
how
the Lord
makes known
himfelf in the
face.
of Je-
fes
Chrifi,
this would fill thy
heart with all the ful-
neffe
of God
;
thofe
Chriffians
are
the
Chritiians filled
with excellency
indeed,
that do
comprehend the
height,.
and depth-,
and 'length
,
and
'breadth of
this wonder-
ful
wok,
of
God'in
Chrtli
:_
There
is
nothing fancti
fies
the
heart
fo
much,
as
the
knowledge
of Chrili.in
a
right
way
Seneca
bath
filch
an
expreflion
concerning the
Hea-
vens
:
Oh
the
Heavens
.
are
a
'wonderful fpe&acle, and
'a
fpe
&acle fit
°for-
.a-
reafonable
creature to bee
i
*a
ploy-
ed
-about
! Though wee
íhould
get
little
benefit
by
knowing
the
Motions of
the Heavens
, the Sun, Moon,
and
Stars
,,
yet the beauty and
excellency
that
is
there,
and
the
wonderful
work
of God
in the Heavens, it
'can-
not but take
a
rational creature
:
Now.,
if
the
wonder
-
ful
work
of
God in the .Heavens
bee, filch,
as
it
muff
needs
take
a
rational
'creature
a
Oh
what
is
the
won-
derful
work
of
God in
Jefus Chrift
!
therefore
let
us
make
it
the.
chief
:
of our
Rudy,
to
fludy the
Lord
Je-
fus.
other
bath
an
expreffion
to
the
fame
-
purpofe, O
faith
bee
,
I
vehemently ,
I
extreamly am difpleafed
'with
my
felf,
and
difpleafe
my
feif,
yea.
(faith hee)
I
hare my
felf
,
becaufe
I
cannot get
that
great
bene-
fit,,
that
great
work
that
there
is
in mans Redemption,
becaufe
I
cannot get it
to
bee transfufed"
into
my
very
bones and
'
marrow
;
I
would
fain
get
it
in
there.
Saint
Paid
in
Gal,
I.
I
5,
i
6.
faid,
hee
was
feparated
from
his
Mothers
womb
,
and
called
by
Grace
,
ae4 had
(krill
revealed
in
him. O
bided
is
that
foul
that
the
Lord
bath
feparated" for' himfelf
,
that
Jefus
Chrift
might
bee
revealed
in
it , that
is
a
bleffed
foul
:
--
You
know
how