20 The Scope of the Sermon. time : fo do you know that` Jesus Chrifl lifts up his eyes upon you all, and his eyes will be upon every heart all the while his Sermon shall be preached : ô Chriíl comes into the Congre- gation to look upon this man, and the other man, to fee how they will en'ertame his word, and if you will but remember this one note all along as we goe, it will be of very great. ufe to yott, remember the eyes of Jelus Chriíl will be upon you, añd looks upon your behaviour all the while : and that's the fifth thing by way of preface. M.-A-PI The f xth: thing is to fhew what the fcope of this Sermón was: Sermon 2.-'. and that conffls efpecially in thefe three things. Ver, z. Firfl, To difcover wherein true bleffednefle doth confill j who they are that are truly bleffed. Secondly, To open the fpiritualneffe of the Lair, or that fpirituall light that by the light of the Golpell we corne to un- derhand : Chriíl undertakes to thew the dutyes of the Law how they were by the Gofpel railed' to a higher bight ; The Gofpel doth not abolifh them, but fhewes us a more fpirituall life to live then thole generally under the law did underhand, our Saviour aimes at taking of men off from fatisfyüag of them- felves in externall dutyes of righteoufneffe, of prayers, or any other way ; or keeping from externall fins. And then thirdly, a forewarning of fare teachers : There are the three principle heads of the Sermon ; There are many other things interwoven in, but for the f rfl thing ; It is to fhew wherein true bleflednefle £onf f }s, He begins with blef- fedneffe in his mouth, Bleffed are the poor, Ble %d, Blelfed,. againe and againe : From this we have there notes briefly. Firfl, that it is Jefus Chriíl that teaches whe ein true bier fedneflè doth confll : If we would know how to be happy, and bleffed, it mull be by Chrifl : the natural wifdorne of nun can never reach it, there were among Philofophers a hundred and four -fcore opinions ofmans happinéfle, and forne reckon more : They did but beat the Bufh, it's the Chriflian that cat - ches the Bird 'tis onely by Chriffi that we may know how to be
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