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c,

^lr

jes

nsuit.

i

re,ich

what Chrift

p

eached...._.._.,

ttien

the

Sermon

of

Chrilt

,

and

therefore

Tinreni

( God

vitlin

)

if life,

and i'trength,, and

liberty

coiltiliues

togoe

.through

this

whole Sermon of

Chrift

unto

you

:

For

a

Miniilter,

to

preach other. mens

Sermons

it

is inegligence.,

but fo;

him

topreach

Ch:iitri

Sermon

it

is

faithfuhieile,

In

the

2d

Cor.

-r

5.

20. The

Mil-tillers

of

Goa

are the

Ambal

a-

durs

of Chriit,..

and are

to

(peak

unto people

as

if

Jefus Chrift

make unto

them,

In

his

fierui,

and fo

they are

to

look

upon

them, as

coming

them

in

Chrifts flead,

as

if

'Chrilf

were

fpeaking

:

And

if

we

muff preach

as

if

Chrift were

preach-

ing,

what

more

futable

then

to

preach what Chrift

bath

preached

:

This

Sermon in

there three

whole

Chapters,

is a

Sermon preached by the mouth of

the

Son,

of God

himfelfe,

of

him

that

is

the

wifdorne

of

the

Father, That

bath

all the

treafures of wifdome

in

him, of

him that

hath.been

in

the

be-

fome

of the Father from

all

eternity-

and

knowes all his mind,

his whole

heart, the

Counfells of

his

will concerning

mans

eternalt

eftate.

And'tis

he

that

is

fent by

the

Father into

the

world,

def

gn'd to

this Office,

to

preach

his

mind

and his

will

unto

the children of men.

O

what

attention

is

call'd fór, while

you are hearing

this

Sermon

of Chrift

repeated`

to

you, and

opened

and

aprlyed

unto you.

Oh

we have

in`nire

caufe

to

blefíe

God

for

the

way

of

.knowing his

mind

by

Jefus Chrift

his Son

:

The

Lord

in for-

leer

tiines.did

reveale

hi§

mind

to

-.men

feverall wages.

But

now

fakir

the

Apoftle in

the

z

Heb. He

bath

in

theft

laß

(byes

token

unto

us

by

his

Son, whom

he bath

appoynted

heir of

all

things,

by whòm

alfo

lie

made the worlds,

Who,

being the brivhtneife of

his

Glory

:

the exprelle

Image

of

this

perfon,

Vic;

O

this

is

the

happinef e

of

thofe

that

lives

in

the

times

of the Gofpell; that God

fpeakes unto

them

by

his

Son,

That

Ch'ift

is

come from

the

Father

to

make

hinx.

known unto us

For

no

man

k.notres

the

Father

but the

Son,

and

he

to

*ham

the

Son

will reveale him.

Surely

there

are

,great

things'to

,be

known

of

the

mind of

God,

reach

tie.

se

ndperfon

in Trenity

is

defign'd by the Father

to

come to