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On

the Excellency

of

Chrft.

5

to,

when

they

law

and heard

of

fuch

firange things at

Jobs

Raptifis

birth,

the Text faith,

All

they

that heard

them

laid

them

op

iv

their hearts

faying,

what

manner

of Childe

(hall

this

bee?

So

when wee hear of thefe

things

that were

done

by

way

of preparation

(do

the coming

iof

Chrifl, for

.

force

two thoufand years

together,

and

fuch

great things

that

were done

upon

his

coming,

Purely

it

mu.

needs bee

force

wonderful one.

What

manner

of

Childe

is

this that

is

given

to

us

?

wherefore

then

as wee

read,

of

Afofes.

in

Exod.9.9.

when

bee law

that wonderful

fight

in the

wit-

deniers, the bulb burning

and

not confumed

,

faith Mg/es,

I

will

go

azd

fee what

yonder

great fight

is

; So

wee

may

well

fay

,

when

Chrif} is

propounded

thus

Wonderful

,

and

God himfelf

gives

him

this

Name

,

let

us

take off our

thoughts from

all

other

things,

:

and

turn

afide

to

fee

this

great

fight,

to fee

what

this

Wonder

is.

Therefore

for the

opening

of this

Wonder

that is

in

Chriic

,

to

{bew you

how

Chrift

is

Wonderful,

and

how

well

bee may

challenge

this

Name

,

and

how

proper

this

Tide

is

to

him

,

to bee

cal-

led

Wonderful,i

iban

open

it

in

thefe

leveral

particulars.

Fit*,

Chrift

is

wonderful in

his

Natures.

Secondly, Chrilt

is

wonderful in

his

Perron.

Thirdly,

Hee

is

wonderful in the

manner of

his

Incar-

nation.

Fourthly,

Hee

is

wonderful

in the

wonderful

work

that

hee

came

for

into

the

world, the wonderful things

thathee

came

to

do.

Fifthly

,

Hee

is

wonderful

in

his

Anointment

,

in

his

Offices.

Sixthly,

Hee is

wonderful in

his

admirable Indow-

ments.

Seventhly , Hee

is

wonderful

in

his

glorious

Miracles

.

that

hee wrought.

Fighthly,

Hee

is wonderful

in that great

glory

of God

the Father

that

appears in

hire.

Ninthly,

He

is

wonderful

in the

work of his

Humiliation.

Tenthly,

Hee is

wonderful

in

his

Conquer},

Eteventhly,