The v fe.of Chrif s fettiug his eyes upon his hearers. Chrift,in ßev.i.14. we find that the eyes of Chrift were ar a flaming fare : wifdome lnakes a mans face to thine ; And ma- ny times there appears á great majefty in the very countenance of a Miniíier,and a gnat deale of ufe is made by the Minifiers looking upon the l eorle, and the peoples _looking upon the Mintier : Therefore becaufeChrifi would have his word effesr the more, the text faith, he lifted up his eyes upon his pies, and lookt upon them : And, it bath a great deale of pow- er in way of reprehenfion and threatning ; and many times a guilty con" fence is not able to beare the fattening of the eyes of a Mhifier upon them : Therefore in 4cîs t 3.9. we read of Paul, when as Elinuu the Sorcerer would have taken off Sergius Paullius that was the Deputy of the place, and would have hindered the Worke of the mrniftry upon his heart. Paul was a preaching, and the Deputy began to be furred up,and to hearken to what Paul thould fay, and there comes one Elimas and would have taken off the Deputy ; now when Paul having hopes to have gain'd fuch a man that might be a publick infiru- ment in the place where God had fet him : the text faith, that Paul fet his eyes upon Elirrsys, and fpake to him in a terrible manner,as if he thould fay,0 wretch, (for fo he faith,) O child of the Devill, and full of all fubtilty, what wilt thou feek to hinder the word upon fuch an eminent man : ô thou child of the Devill : There is a great deale of power fometimes in the eyes of a Mintier of the word : -- And we find that when Peter had denyed Chrift, the text faith, that Chrift lookt upon him, and then Peter went forth and wept bitterly.! there was much darted through the ejes of Jefus Chrift, and there is much many times darted through the eyes of a Minder of Cod; Now thenmy Brethren, this is the clofe of this Sermon for the prefent. I befeech you while we are preaching over -this large Sermon of Jefus Chrift, do you apprehend that the eyes of gJefus Chrift are upon you all : why fhould we not appre- hend it fo now as well as then ; whenChrit faith,he that hear - eth you heares me. It is the Sermon that Chrit+ preached himfelfe, and as he lift up his eyes upon his auditors at that D 2 time :
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